Not sure if others are aware of this, but you can use Sprocket nuts from a motor bike to hold your front brace on:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8WFLU3P.jpg[/img]
They come in several anodised colours instead of the normal silver/metal/rusty nuts and have the flange bit already on them unlike some other nuts.
Mine are Anodised Blue Titanium ones from:
http://www.moorespeedracing.co.uk/sproc ... s-m10.html (other suppliers available of course)
Just make sure to get M10 ones, they should have the 1.25mm pitch as standard (but check). Oh, and a pack of 6 not 5!
Jon