Reposting from mechanics subforum...

I'm in a bind, since I want to take off on my 2000 mile tour within a week. I don't have a front rack for my 1983 Trek 520, which lacks eyelets on the front forks (except for the eyelets in back of the dropouts).

I bought an Old Man Mountain Sherpa rack which just arrived this morning, and it doesn't even vaguely fit my bicycle--for one thing, it is substantially wider at the bottom than my dropout spacing.

I left a message with Silva Cycles to see if they can do a quick eyelet braze-on, which is probably my best option. That opens up a lot of options for the sorts of racks that are sold at the LBS, right?

I have access to a Bob Trailer I could borrow for the summer, but I would far prefer having all my stuff right on the bicycle.