Adding KLICKfix Handlebar Adapter oto Rear Rack
05-30-14 | 06:40 AM
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Adding KLICKfix Handlebar Adapter to a Rear Rack
Hi Folks,
On days that I don't need to carry a bunch of gear to work, a simple handlebar bag is plenty big enough. (The Ortlieb Barista is a perfect fit for my MacBook Air.) However, I don't want to mount the bag on the handlebars (where I have lights and such) but would rather mount it on my rear rack. Rixen and Kaul appear to make several different handlebar adapters, but none look like a great fit for attaching to a rear rack. Does anyone have any experience attaching a KLICKfix handlebar bag to a rear rack? I'd want to mount it on the side of the rack and not the top.
Thanks in advance,
Stephen
On days that I don't need to carry a bunch of gear to work, a simple handlebar bag is plenty big enough. (The Ortlieb Barista is a perfect fit for my MacBook Air.) However, I don't want to mount the bag on the handlebars (where I have lights and such) but would rather mount it on my rear rack. Rixen and Kaul appear to make several different handlebar adapters, but none look like a great fit for attaching to a rear rack. Does anyone have any experience attaching a KLICKfix handlebar bag to a rear rack? I'd want to mount it on the side of the rack and not the top.
Thanks in advance,
Stephen
05-30-14 | 08:08 AM
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Why try to reinvent the wheel? Ortlieb makes all kinds of bags for racks that are similar to the Barista. The Biker QL3, for example is only slightly larger and mounts directly.
Alternatively, you could get the Barista and get the parts for readapting it for a rack but that's more expensive and difficult to do.
Alternatively, you could get the Barista and get the parts for readapting it for a rack but that's more expensive and difficult to do.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
05-30-14 | 08:13 AM
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05-30-14 | 10:43 AM
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KF uses the handlebar mount to be adapted to behind the seat post [I own one] Not the rear rack ..
Rixen & Kaul, KLICKfix Adaptersysteme Fahrradzubehör, Solingen, Taschen, Körbe, Werkzeug
Extender with Handlebar Adapter
(for seat posts) (0211XSET) RRP (for Germany) 28,95€
This bag with the QL3 mount is made to go on the side of the rear rack
https://ortlieb.com/_prod.php?lang=en...3&biketoy=rear
Rixen & Kaul, KLICKfix Adaptersysteme Fahrradzubehör, Solingen, Taschen, Körbe, Werkzeug
Extender with Handlebar Adapter
(for seat posts) (0211XSET) RRP (for Germany) 28,95€
This bag with the QL3 mount is made to go on the side of the rear rack
https://ortlieb.com/_prod.php?lang=en...3&biketoy=rear
Last edited by fietsbob; 05-30-14 at 10:51 AM.
