>I recently acquired a TA front rack for my rando bike; it attaches
>to my Mafac centerpulls parfaitement. It has an L shaped piece that
>descends from one side, which I assume is for affixing a light, but
>there is no threading on the short arm of the L.
>
>Anyone have one of these and an explanation of how it works?
You use an eyebolt (as used to attach French-style fenders). There was a Rebour drawing in Bicycle Quarterly a few years back...
Anyhow, the eyebolt attaches to the L-shaped arm, as it does to a fender stay. Then you use the threaded part of the eyebolt to attach the light.
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