Originally Posted by SeraphimF

I'm posting this here because I think it is the most likely place to get a good answer. I'm getting a 2nd bike soon to use as a winter commuter (including longer, single-day-tour-esque trips if necessary). Among the bikes I'm looking at, the best contenders don't have fender mounts in the front (all rigid MTBs). I have found ways to attach full fenders without mounts, but what are my options for front racks (or baskets) short of an extremely expensive old man mountain rack? If there's some way to customize it that's fine. Possible to create a kind of attachment to the front quick release that has 2 eyelets on it or something? Let me know if anyone has had experience with this, any details/materials/instructions that could be provided. Anyone know of custom setups like this that can hold pretty heavy loads?

Edit: thinking of something like clamping something to the fork that has something protruding from it with an eyelet. The details may differ but is this principle okay to consider? The bike in question would be chromoly.