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03-19-07 | 08:54 AM

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cyccommute

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From: Denver, CO

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Originally Posted by kill.cactus

http://www.pablowebsite.com/Forsale/...s/Image14.html

a picture of the same handlebar I use. It is impossible to mount stuff correctly b/c of the way it is bent.

Does anyone have this problem? Should I just replace it with a flat bar or go to the trouble of buying one of those second bars or whatever? Hmmm

Best light bar (not the lightest but the best) for mountain bike bars is the SideTrak. Since it mounts in two places on the flat of the bar, you don't have issues with the curve of the riser.

Here it is in action.

I increased the diameter of the bar using a 1" piece of aluminum tube stock. You need fewer shims to mount most lights that way.

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