Handlebar Bag & Light Question
04-05-12 | 07:09 AM
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Handlebar Bag & Light Question
I would like to add a handlebar bag but it will block my front light. How do people deal with this? Attaching it to the bag is problematic, most bags are too flimsey so the light would shake too much.
Thanks for the help.
MongoEric
Thanks for the help.
MongoEric
04-05-12 | 09:01 AM
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If you have a mid fork fitting for installing a rack and do not use a pannier, you can put a fitting on there to hold a light. There are commercial ones available. I drilled a hole through a short section of wooden broom handle and using a long M5 bolt, a couple nuts and lock washers made it possible to fit a handlebar type light bracket to my front fork.
04-05-12 | 09:22 AM
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Minoura gadget to mount light(s) on fork:
https://www.amazon.com/Minoura-Light-...3639323&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Minoura-Light-...3639323&sr=1-1
04-05-12 | 10:57 AM
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I use the Topeak bar extender:
https://www.amazon.com/Topeak-6000100..._bxgy_sg_img_b
The Minoura did not work well for me. As hard as I tried to tighten the extending arm, it would still shake and move. The extending arm in the Topeak, on the other hand, is locked in place and has stayed in place solid, even though I have two lights on top, including a heavy NiteRider.
https://www.amazon.com/Topeak-6000100..._bxgy_sg_img_b
The Minoura did not work well for me. As hard as I tried to tighten the extending arm, it would still shake and move. The extending arm in the Topeak, on the other hand, is locked in place and has stayed in place solid, even though I have two lights on top, including a heavy NiteRider.
04-05-12 | 11:18 AM
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I just use the light I have attached to my helmet. I like it there for not only freeing up space on my bars, but as I look somewhere, the light shines there too.
04-05-12 | 08:29 PM
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04-06-12 | 10:31 AM
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Fork crown mounting is a good position but good mounts are hard to find. Steel reflector mounts are really good. B&M lamps come with a decent bracket. I made a bracket out of an old crank and a sector of small chainring.
04-06-12 | 05:08 PM
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04-06-12 | 05:49 PM
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Definitely worth reading what Peter White has to say on the subject!
https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/light-mounts.asp
https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/light-mounts.asp
04-06-12 | 05:50 PM
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Front brake mount or front rack mount are my two main choices, there are other methods out there, fork mounts and helmet mounts are a couple that come to mind.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
