Arkel Bar Bag Modification
 

Hi All,

I wanted to show off my remake of the Arkel bar bag hanger. I always thought that my Arkel bag mounted too high & too far from the handlebar, but nothing to worry about. I decided that I wanted to try aero bars this year, or as another member called them "prairie bars", but I didn't want to give up my handlebar bag. So I chopped & spliced the original hanger. I hope that you can make it out from the pictures. I also threw in a picture of my bike at the end so you can see my new red powder coat job.

http://users.techline.com/tomn/arkelbag4.jpg
The original hanger.

http://users.techline.com/tomn/arkelbag2.jpg
The altered hanger.

http://users.techline.com/tomn/arkelbag3.jpg

http://users.techline.com/tomn/arkelbag5.jpg
The bag now hangs just below the handlebar.

http://users.techline.com/tomn/arkelbag.jpg
My new red powdercoat finish.

Thanks for looking,
Tom

Very interesting - An alternative to the second stem!

Thanks for sharing!

I have been looking for something like this for ages to mount a bag with my aerobars. Anyone know of any "off the shelf" solutions?

Great work. Love the bike.

Dave.

thats a great idea tom. i have the arkel small bar bag as well, and have considered getting aerobars with a second stem, but your modification seems like a better alternative. you should tell arkel about it.

Yeah, that`s nice. I`m not familiar with Arkel enough to know how they normally mount, but it looks great where it ended up. I can imagine that 5" or so higher would have been kind of silly even without prairie rests. My old lunchbox (C-dale bar bag) sits up high like that and I never could understand why- at least it doesn`t get in my way.