Minoura Space Saver

[Plax]

Don't bother. Had mine for a couple of months now. I have some Electron rechargeable 5w and 10w lights which aren't that heavy. They were mounted on the space saver. Yesterday the space saver bit snapped right off! Not very robust. I presume as I go over a very uneven road surface at speed the vibration has gradually weakened the arm bit and it fell off. Rubbish I tell you!

 

[rickangus]

Probably the biggest load of tosh I've ever bought.

Best thing is, it only cost me £10.

 

[yenrod]

Mine has lasted ok.

Maybe the plastic aint upto it for loads over a certain weight

 

[yello]

I recall on a thread some months ago that the Minoura Space Grip was pretty much the winner of the 'pile of poo' award.

Ahh, yes, here we go...

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=13514

 

[gavintc]

Well, I bought one, It seemed a good idea - it just does not achieve what it sets out to do in a reasonably successful manner. The handlebar attachment is weak.

 

[andrew_s]

Mine's been fine with a Garmin 60CSx GPS, a Solidlight and a computer on (about 425g). No problem with it shifting on the bars or anything.
It did start to bend a bit when I added an extra 160g by replacing the Solidlight with a homemade LED light, so I reverted. Call it a 500g weight limit?

 

[Noodley]

Mine's been fine with a Garmin 60CSx GPS, a Solidlight and a computer on (about 425g). No problem with it shifting on the bars or anything.
It did start to bend a bit when I added an extra 160g by replacing the Solidlight with a homemade LED light, so I reverted. Call it a 500g weight limit?

That's an expensive amount of stuff that's gonna eventually hit the road
Don't say you weren't warned

 

[Bodhbh]

hrmm great, just ordered one to poke the front lights over the top of the barbag. Maybe can attach it to the barbag holder and tiewrap it around stem to take the weight.

 

[4F]

I recall on a thread some months ago that the Minoura Space Grip was pretty much the winner of the 'pile of poo' award.

Ahh, yes, here we go...

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=13514

Yep, absolute ****

 

[ufkacbln]

The Swingrip

The SpaceGrip

The latter is fine, the former is awful.

I have used SpaceGrips on my bikes for the alst 8 years and have never had a problem.

My first one was fitted on the Trice, and then moved to the Birdy and is now on the Airnimal. It has never spipped, failed or even come loose!

 

[andrew_s]

That's an expensive amount of stuff that's gonna eventually hit the road
Don't say you weren't warned

The GPS is attached to the bars by the lanyard, and the solidlight cable is zip-tied to the brake cables, so nothing's going to get as far down as the wheel.
The GPS did need it's lanyard on one occasion when the mounting cradle broke.

 

[Plax]

The Swingrip

The SpaceGrip

The latter is fine, the former is awful.

I have used SpaceGrips on my bikes for the alst 8 years and have never had a problem.

My first one was fitted on the Trice, and then moved to the Birdy and is now on the Airnimal. It has never spipped, failed or even come loose!

Poo, if only you'd posted this several months ago!

I had the swing grip. Don't get one boys and girls!

 

[wafflycat]

I've got two Minoura Space Bars. One on my tourer for holding two Cateye 530s and one on my recumbent - again for the lights. Had them several years and have abosultely no problems with either of them.

 

[Baggy]

My bikes have them on as well, and apart from making me apoplectic when I fitted them have had no problems with lights mounted on them.