handlebar blues...
 

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

What are you wanting to put on it? Cyclocomputer? Lights?
BTW, that's a pretty clean bike!

I have a computer and I want to put on a light that I'm making, however regardless of what I put on, it is always skewed at an angle and the bar actually tapers as it goes out to the grips, so the clamps/whatever-mounting-thing that holds the stuff on is often not really secure.

PS - not my bike :(

I'm thinking about just having it replaced by a non-tapering flat bar.

I haven't had any problems clamping stuff to a tapered bar, including lights. It's not ideal, but getting it to point where I want is still easy and it doesn't move.

I've had the Crowbar on a variety of bikes.

I haven't had problems with mounting my computers or lights. I always give the bars a good wrap of electrical tape before mounting anything.

I have the same problem so I ordered one of these:

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...u=12832&brand=

click on the image to see how it mounts.

+1, I have that same bar set and have mounted two lights and a computer to it without a problem. I do give it a couple of wraps of electrical tape first, though. Just to give a good grip for the mounts.

I've had that problem on a different brand of riser. It sucks to have your light slightly to an angle, I just learned to live with it. If you're like me, you hate helmet mounts (for commuting, not mtbing) and just want to keep the light on the bike. If your mounts are getting loose, cut the rubber strips that come with the mounts so you can fit them between the mount and the bar. This should stop any sliding.

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.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0180.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0177.jpg

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.

I'll make/buy one of those second-bars. Thanks :)