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Originally Posted by RubeRad
+1 does your rack eyelet down there not have threads inside? Typically you will not need to have a nut, just a bolt with matching threading, at just the right length to not poke through.

I don't know the industry-standard threading off hand, but (a) it will be metric, and (b) it is quite probably the same as whatever bolts are holding your water bottle cages on. Take one of those out and see if it threads into your eyelet. If so, you're golden; ride your bike to your local hardware store, take a water-bottle cage bolt inside and buy a couple matching ones for your rack. Otherwise, ride your bike INTO your local hardware store and find bolts that thread in properly.

If you have non-threaded eyelets, then your frame is weird. You probably are too.
I'd suggest walking it inside the store- if taking the bike in at all.

Depending on the length of the bolt being used, I have heard of people who removed the rear wheel and thread the bolt from the inside- also a handy trick to discourage pranksters from loosening/removing the bolt.
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