Mounting light s GPS etc

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a.twiddler

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Not sure what you mean by bars not being standard size. On my HPV Spirit the diameter at the stem clamp is 25.4 mm, then is 22.2 mm elsewhere. Even the Rans Stratus XP with its extravagant chopper-esque bars stays with these dimensions. I manage to fit all my stuff on the Spirit without any problems.
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After being used to bikes with USS it's like going from a famine to a feast.

From left to right: bell, Garmin etrex, bottle cage (though there were already fittings on the stem), Cateye backup light mounting (bike came with dynamo hub and lights), and Mirrycle adapted to work with a handlebar clamp. These items have a lot of adjusment for different bar diameters though. I would think that the bracket that you linked to would work OK if you wanted to keep your bars clear. Something that I found useful on a previous bike was a Minoura Space Grip which I unfortunately sold with it. They don't seem to be available any more but there are a lot of other brackets about which could do the job.

If you look at the derailleur post there might be a threaded hole somewhere on it which might take a light bracket. It could have a bolt or rubber bung in it to protect the threads. You might be able to fit a light to the post itself using a clamp of some sort. My Grasshopper had a threaded hole hidden away under the boom (it didn't have a derailleur post) but some HP models have one on top. It's a bit random, seems to vary between models and year of production, from what I've read.
 
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kingrollo

kingrollo

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Not sure what you mean by bars not being standard size. On my HPV Spirit the diameter at the stem clamp is 25.4 mm, then is 22.2 mm elsewhere. Even the Rans Stratus XP with its extravagant chopper-esque bars stays with these dimensions. I manage to fit all my stuff on the Spirit without any problems.
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After being used to bikes with USS it's like going from a famine to a feast.

From left to right: bell, Garmin etrex, bottle cage (though there were already fittings on the stem), Cateye backup light mounting (bike came with dynamo hub and lights), and Mirrycle adapted to work with a handlebar clamp. These items have a lot of adjusment for different bar diameters though. I would think that the bracket that you linked to would work OK if you wanted to keep your bars clear. Something that I found useful on a previous bike was a Minoura Space Grip which I unfortunately sold with it. They don't seem to be available any more but there are a lot of other brackets about which could do the job.

If you look at the derailleur post there might be a threaded hole somewhere on it which might take a light bracket. It could have a bolt or rubber bung in it to protect the threads. You might be able to fit a light to the post itself using a clamp of some sort. My Grasshopper had a threaded hole hidden away under the boom (it didn't have a derailleur post) but some HP models have one on top. It's a bit random, seems to vary between models and year of production, from what I've read.

What I mean by non standard -;for example the out front mount for my wahoo roam - is much too large for the bars on my grasshopper - likewise the go pro mount for cycliq fly 12 camera/light combo is too large - I assume those products are aimed at (and in my experience fit) a standard road type handlebar - they don't fit the grasshopper bars as they are aimed at 'standard' road bars .....ergo the grasshopper bars are non standard size and IME.
 

a.twiddler

Veteran
I can see plenty of plastic/rubber shims available on that auction site in various sizes to fill the gap, without breaking the bank.

I was surprised at how consistent the handlebar size is in the recumbents I have experience of -similar to flat bar bikes at least. An unexpected amount of standardisation in non standard human powered vehicles! There's probably outliers such as some Cruzbikes that might use road bike bars. No doubt someone will be along with a different range of experiences and more examples, but it does seem that in this respect, recumbents are a bit conventional, probably in the interests of being able to use a wider range of handlebar controls.
 
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kingrollo

kingrollo

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I'm not seeing a 22mm go pro mount - other than bodging it with shims - which failed this morning as the light/camera swung down and produced some footage which may be of interest to my dentist !!!
 
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