Finally got round to getting the wald on my rockhopper using aforementioned bodge. I haven’t tried it out properly yet as I need to pop a new cassette on the bike first, but it feels fairly sturdy. Certainly for carrying the odd pastry/jacket/at the very most a small tent and camping stove. Feel like it’s a bit high though, and I’d need a different crown mounted plate thing to lower it.
Top plate is a placeholder until I either cut off the bent bit, replace with something similar, or just buy a canti mounted rack.
Don’t omit strapping the rack back to either the head tube or the bars in case the crown bolt comes adrift with catastrophic consequences. And put some threadlock or a nyloc on it too.
I actually ended up de-bodging this and getting the forum-favourite canti-mounted rack from sjs. It sits the basket lower and closer to the bars which feels loads better, and it seems more stable.
Update:
Finally got round to getting the wald on my rockhopper using aforementioned bodge. I haven’t tried it out properly yet as I need to pop a new cassette on the bike first, but it feels fairly sturdy. Certainly for carrying the odd pastry/jacket/at the very most a small tent and camping stove. Feel like it’s a bit high though, and I’d need a different crown mounted plate thing to lower it.
Top plate is a placeholder until I either cut off the bent bit, replace with something similar, or just buy a canti mounted rack.