Originally Posted by
woodycooks
So you had the proper mounts on the road bike for the child seat? I think that might be the problem I have with my old Miyata road bike, otherwise I would probably go that route just to be economical.
It didn't need any "proper mounts". The child seat ('Sears Finest' at the time) was designed to be clamped to the lower end of the seat stays at the bottom and to a seat post clamp at the top. The low-rider front pannier rack did use the fender eyelets that were on the fork (but AIRC, it could have been attached directly to the front axle as well) and used some U-shaped bolts around the fork arms as the top attachment.