Originally Posted by
soyabean
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.
It must surely have another attachment point? Either up on the handlebar or perhaps going down to the fork or even the fork ends. Or else the rack would just swing down (even if you did the bolt up so tight it was almost breaking or stripping the threads).