I'm in a bind. I was hoping to take off within the next week on my 2000 mile tour, and I don't have a front rack on my 1983 Trek 520. This Trek doesn't have eyelets on the front forks other than at the rear of the dropouts.

I ordered an Old Man Mountain Sherpa rack, and it doesn't even come remotely close to fitting this bicycle. For one thing, it is far wider at the bottom than the fork is, so I can't see how it can be made to attach firmly to the eyelets. I left a message with Silva Cycles in San Jose to see if they can do a quick eyelet braze-on job.

Is there a rack that is sold nowadays that will fit this old Trek?