Originally Posted by fevans
These came with my rack, but they would have to be bent and I'd have to bolt both of them together to be long enough. Is this what you're talking about?
No but that would work. Most racks come with 2 long stays where the end is bent 90 degrees to the rest of the stay. You can use a vise to straighten these out but like I said it ain't purty. Your two pieces of metal there would probably work better anyway. In a pinch, I suppose you could use the flat metal stock that is used on chainlink fences to tighten them, although I think I'd see what the bike shop has first.
[Edit] Make sure you use 2 bolts to keep the whole thing from rotating. A nice 10-32 cap head bolt would work.