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Hello,
Received my new tourer over the weekend. Was adding the various bits & pieces to it when I realised I'd ran out of handlebar space - the attachment for the handlebar bag takes up most of the available space & I haven't got enough room for reflector/lights/computer/etc. Does anyone use handlebar extensions? I've seen them somewhere but can't remember where... I think I need one which has horizontally variable attachments, so I can fasten it to the handlebar at a different position to where the bag attachment is. Thanks for any information, Mark |
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Mark wrote:
Hello, Received my new tourer over the weekend. Was adding the various bits & pieces to it when I realised I'd ran out of handlebar space - the attachment for the handlebar bag takes up most of the available space & I haven't got enough room for reflector/lights/computer/etc. Does anyone use handlebar extensions? I've seen them somewhere but can't remember where... I think I need one which has horizontally variable attachments, so I can fasten it to the handlebar at a different position to where the bag attachment is. Thanks for any information, Mark Minoura spacegrip. Can be found at wiggle, LBS in some cases, other online places. Comes in two sizes. I use them. They're great. Ring of metal clamps around bar, which holds the 'strut' out in front of bar/below it, which then has a horizontal 'bar' to which you fix your lights/stuff. Wouldn't use it to carry significant weight like a bar bag, but fine for lights etc. Diameter of spacegrip bar is smaller than normal handlebar bars, so you might need some extra padding/shims on it to get stuff to fit. The 'bar' slides back and forth to some extent, so you can have the strut off centre. Strut mounting to handlebars point would probably need up to an inch or thereabouts of handlebar room. -- Velvet |
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Minoura spacegrip. Can be found at wiggle, LBS in some cases, other
online places. Comes in two sizes. Great - will investigate. Thanks. Mark |
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Minoura spacegrip. Can be found at wiggle, LBS in some cases, other
online places. Comes in two sizes. I use them. They're great. Indeed. I've got one on Gino. The bar bag fitting is on the handlebars and then I've got the Minora space bar fitted and my front lights attached to that. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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in message , Mark
') wrote: Was adding the various bits & pieces to it when I realised I'd ran out of handlebar space - the attachment for the handlebar bag takes up most of the available space & I haven't got enough room for reflector/lights/computer/etc. If it's a Carradice bar bag you'll find there's a handy little T shaped piece of the same diameter as a handlebar which clips onto the under-side of the bag and is the perfect place for mounting lamps. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ IMHO, there aren't enough committed Christians, but that's care in the community for you. -- Ben Evans |
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If it's a Carradice bar bag you'll find there's a handy little T shaped
piece of the same diameter as a handlebar which clips onto the under-side of the bag and is the perfect place for mounting lamps. Unfortunately not - 'tis an Ortleib one. Thanks for the thought, though... Mark |
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Velvet wrote in message ...
Mark wrote: Does anyone use handlebar extensions? I've seen them somewhere but can't remember where... Minoura spacegrip. I use them. They're great. I found them useless. Even after I glued the side screws in (to stop them coming undown all the time and replaced some of the cheese bolts with ones fashioned from metal it used to rattle all the time. OTOH my I handed it on to my dad who has been happier with it, perhaps his riding style is more gentle. I am using a Proline Space adaptor now http://www.sjscycles.com/store/item8461.htm It is ABS and I would be suspicios of mounting something heavy on it but I am using it with a dynamo headlight and smart polaris light with no problems best wishes james |
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I am using a Proline Space adaptor now
http://www.sjscycles.com/store/item8461.htm James, Thanks for the information and link... however, I don't quite understand how it works. Which but do you attach to your handlebars? And how much extra space does it give you? Thanks, Mark |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:29:09 +0100, "Mark"
wrote (more or less): I am using a Proline Space adaptor now http://www.sjscycles.com/store/item8461.htm James, Thanks for the information and link... however, I don't quite understand how it works. Which but do you attach to your handlebars? And how much extra space does it give you? Judging from the photo, the handlebars pass through the big hole in the middle, giving about an 1" or 1.25" on each of the two 'handles' to attach things. -- Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk |
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