Originally Posted by
mparker326
My rack is attached to the fender eyelets along with the fenders. I don't use loctite or any of that good stuff. Like I said, I'm sure it isn't meant to do what I am doing so I go slow enough in case something were to happen. If you had a heavy duty rack you could probably achieve what you wanted to do with a full size adult. You could easily pick up an old English 3 speed in NYC anywhere from free to $100.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/bik/599026126.html
I used to do the same thing, except the kid was 60-80 pounds, plus his books. Just a heavy duty rack with bolts in the regular eyelets on an old touring bike.
BTW, it's probably not legal in any US jurisdiction to carry a passenger on the rack. It's definitely illegal here, but no one seemed to care the few times I did it.