Originally Posted by 1989Pre

I'm preparing to find a (vintage preferably) front rack that I can put on my Manufrance with single front eyelets. I'd like to match it with my silver Jim Blackburn rear rack, but I've noticed that the struts on the Blackburn front rack (at least the vintage models I've seen) are perfectly vertical (apparently, they are meant for double-eyelets).
The problem with that is that, because of the location of my single-eyelet, this design will not clear my oval-to-round fork blades. I'm figuring there must be a standard way of addressing this issue, but since the rack is supposed to be attached to the eyelet before the fender, I don't see how a rack with a straight strut can work.
I've seen newer designs (ie: Axiom, etc.) that will clear the blade(s), but what did they do back in "the day"?