Originally Posted by
guy153
aesthetically speaking not welding all the way around those rack mounts would look a bit Walmart to me.
Which is what you would expect on something like outdoor steel patio chairs or the sort, just a few welds here and there.
The weld bead on the front of those eyelets are no larger than the beads on the frame of the bike, so that is acceptable.
An exceptional amount of stress will be there for this pannier rack or basket in the front because it's to be mounted entirely on the tube only, unlike the usual stays to distribute weight onto the fork as typically expected. It's basically an apartment patio that is hanging entirely on the ledger with nothing underneath.