Handlebar Bag fitting issue.

[jhawk]

Hi all,

Tried putting my handlebar bag on my touring bike tonight, only to come across this issue. It looks like the bar foam is in the way, but not sure.

Any suggestions?

 

[MichaelW2]

Drill off the mount from the bar bag. Rivet or bolt on a Rixen and Kaul mounting plate and use their extended mount.

 

[Hill Wimp]

LBS sorted this for me to clear the bar bag from the suicide brakes and then its a Rixen and Kaul fitting that the bag is fixed to. The photo is not great but there is quite a bit of clearsnce between the brakes and the extender.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Hi all,

Tried putting my handlebar bag on my touring bike tonight, only to come across this issue. It looks like the bar foam is in the way, but not sure.

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Any suggestions?

Surely you are sure?

 

[mjr]

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LBS sorted this for me to clear the bar bag from the suicide brakes

Surely those are interrupters, not suicides?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Surely those are interrupters, not suicides?

Ive always known them as that sorry if its technically wrong but it doesnt make any difference to what the OP needs to know.

 

[mjr]

Ive always known them as that sorry if its technically wrong but it doesnt make any difference to what the OP needs to know.

True: the op needs an extension as suggested, or a narrower bar bag.

But calling interrupters suicides is an insult to all who gave their lives to long bendy metal bars wedged into the front of their brakes

 

[jhawk]

Thanks all for your replies thus far.

@Hill Wimp, one thing I'm concerned about with the extension is over-hang and the potential for that extension to go *snap*. It's not like I'm going to be going mountain biking with it, but I may come across some bumpy roads. Should I need to be concerned? Or are they built to take some bumps?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Mine is incredibly strong. They are pretty thick extenders. My bike is currently in Norfolk with @hopless500 waiting for me to join it in 15 days as we go off and tour for a month in Europe.

If you ask really nicely Hop may take some better photos of it for you if she can get the bike out of wherever Mr Hop has hidden it.

Anyway i'm woman, that bar bag is the equivalent of my handbag. Take a guess at the weight that extender has to take

 

[jhawk]

@hopless500 Might you be able to get me some better photos of the mounting system and the bar bag please? Pretty please.

 

[jhawk]

Thanks for the extra information, @Hill Wimp, will check those extenders out.

 

[hopless500]

@hopless500 Might you be able to get me some better photos of the mounting system and the bar bag please? Pretty please.

I shall with pleasure, but it might be tomorrow if that's ok. Just back from the medicinal lager following the 'evil dentist with large needle and drill in hand' session.

 

[jhawk]

I shall with pleasure, but it might be tomorrow if that's ok. Just back from the medicinal lager following the 'evil dentist with large needle and drill in hand' session.

Not a problem! Cheers! I understand completely and wish you the best in you recovery.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I shall with pleasure, but it might be tomorrow if that's ok. Just back from the medicinal lager following the 'evil dentist with large needle and drill in hand' session.

You know you have a problem when you resort to blaming the dentist

 

[hopless500]

You know you have a problem when you resort to blaming the dentist