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12-09-13 | 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Juha

I use a CX bike for commuting and light touring (no rear rack but a large Carradice saddle bag). If anyone has found a way to use a handlebar bag with interrupter levers, I'd like to know how you did it. It's a minor gripe when commuting, but for touring a handlebar bag would be great.

--J

Rixen & Kaul as well as Ortlieb make extenders for their handlebar mounts. That should get you enough clearance if you angle the interrupter bars down.

You might find an advantage to the angled down levers as well. All of the interrupter bars I've seen are set up so that the lever is dead level to the ground. This is a very unnatural position for braking. Angle them down so that your fingers have a natural curve when resting on the lever. More like this

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