I've wanted to install a narrow-profile, pannier-compatible rack like the Tubus Fly or Luna for commuting on my AHH, but was worried about fitment with that mono-stay. It seemed like a shame to let those seat stay braze-ons go to waste, and bending and cutting the mono-stay to fit was pretty intimidating. I bought a Luna from Wayne at TheTouringStore.com (who is great, by the way), and then stared at it for a couple of weeks. I considered bringing it to one of the local bike shops, but then last night I just went for it. Installation wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. The rack comes with a steel tab that you can use to bridge the aluminum mono-stay to the rear brake bolt. This tab comes slightly pre-bent, so it's easy to finish the job. I clamped it in a vice by the wide end, and pounded the narrow end to 90 degrees. Easy. I then unbolted the rear brake, removed the last aluminum spacer (behind the thin fender mount), and replaced it with the 90 degree tab. Then I mounted the rack to the second set of eyelets on the rear dropouts (using the included black aluminum spacers to avoid interfering with the fender stays), tilted the rack level, and kind of eye-balled what how much the aluminum mono-stay would have to be bent and cut. I took off about 4 inches with a hacksaw, clamped resized mono-stay in the vice, and bent it. Held it up to the rack / 90 degree tab, then clamped it in the vice again and bent it a little more. Perfect. I sanded the edges of the cut stay, installed it, and done. Not nearly as bad as I thought, and the whole process took about 1 hr. I'll post pictures later.
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