Hulsroy's Hustle

Just tinkering

Usually means something rad. Carry on

Yeah. Not there yet but something along those lines.

I think I will start out by trying this

if the blue nut has flat edges, and the far side rack strut eyelet is slotted it could be tool free to remove.

Yes!
Smart thinking. I am not sure if it will pull in if the forks are threaded tho.

don't you just need a slightly longer axle/fixing bolt to accommodate the width of the rack-ends on the outside of the fork blades?

Tap the inside of the axle for the off side nut?

Gravel fork on my mrs bike isn’t threaded, takes a female bolt on the axle

Aaaaand anodise ...

And then maybe do the rack support like Hunter dropouts?
That way you can make it adaptable to both 12 and 15mm axles.

Hmm custom rack tho.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to use it on other bikes in the future.
I'd go for adjustable mount between stays and platform as well.

I like this idea. With an appropriate through-axle you could even tap both ends and fit a standard rack with M5/M6 bolts. You'd need to remove the rack to remove the wheel but 🤷‍♂️

If bloody through-axles were bloody standardised at all an axle with rack mounts would be a very popular product I'm guessing

I made a new tool. I should have done this years ago.

Aaah... a clamp!

I have modified a G clamp for braze ons. Not just a clamp :-)

for braze ons

Now it makes sense to me. Handy tool!

Isn't that a cramp?

Not sure what you mean. Crimp? If so, no.

I haven given the frame a couple of hidden mud guard mounts as the dropouts already had eyelets. Other than than I have just refitted all the braze ons to the new seat tube. I am quite pleased over all.

Not sure if my 12mm TA fork is in the minority but the thread is capped and the axle can’t extend beyond the fork blade.

Had to use some washers on the head side to get an axle that was 1-2mm longer than stock to work.

Don't know what hubs you're gonna use, but you could machine some thru axle end caps together with some rack mounts.

Something like shortening these:

I am thinking about making a rack for thru axle forks.

Mad skills!