Originally Posted by
cb60089
Note to attach a rear rack to the bike one would have to remove the rear Fender as you need the screw hole that the fender attaches to. Removing the fender requires you to completely remove the rear wheel to get access to a philips screw holding on the fender. The Bike comes without braze-ons or eyelets for mounting a rack on the seatstays. I attached it with the P-clamps that the rack I bought came with. I find the P-clamps look ugly. I will order a "Seatpost Clamp with Rack Mount". Bontrager makes one (Eyeleted Seatpost Clamp, part # 415183)
http://bontrager.com/model/08427 . Note this one has a QR versions include rubber lever grip.
If you look at the pics above you can see that I reversed the use of the holes. By using fenders with longer stays, i was able to mount them using the bottom pair of holes on the drop outs, thus freeing up the top ones for the rack. I did however use the ugly P-clamps at the seat stays. Your proposed solution of using the special seat clam is very elegant and not too expensive. Thanks for the suggestion.