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Handlebar Bag fitting issue.
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hopless500
Trundling along
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- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
The bike, the lager, my new filling or the dentist??
see here for reference.
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Don't know that these are any better,but here you are....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
shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
No suggestions other than an extender as already suggested but shouldn't the bracer piece be under the stem to stop any weight in the bag causing it to droop?
I have a very similar mount, I 'll post a pic shortly to show what I mean.
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Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
Shot from below and the front with the bracer piece under the stem.
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jhawk
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Not sure if this makes any difference, but I've taken a picture of my handlebar stem...
Would that make a difference to affixing something to it?
Would that make a difference to affixing something to it?
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jhawk
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Also, @shouldbeinbed might I be able to get a couple more pictures of your mounting system, with the bag attached, maybe a wider shot without it, etc? (As I notice that we seem to share a similar handlebar stem design)
Cheers!
Cheers!
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jhawk
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Just wondering whether the extended mount that you've linked me to is ONLY the extender, or is it the full Klickfix fitting? If it's only the extender, will I need to purchase the Klickfix fitting item as well as the extender and mounting plate? (Or will the extender be compatible with the fitting that's already on there?)
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shouldbeinbed
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- Manchester way
My apologies, I must have missed this post at the time: photos attached
Its a Cannondale suspension stem with the lockout lever at the top & suspension at the top of the forks, Older pic of the bike in profile, Suspension bit is obscured by the lock.
From the front and above, bag attached
close in to the bracket, bag removed - this bracket front piece slots onto 2 x U shaped arms that hook around the handlebar and are screwed into from the front piece
riders eye view with the bag attached
(optional) bracer piece that stops the bag slipping - I doubt you'd get enough weight into a bag this size for this to be likely, but it is a useful piece on the Mrs' dutch bike with its wicker basket.
It sounds faffy but it is dead easy in the flesh & was a matter of minutes to fit. No worse that the usual hinged bar gripper types.
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jhawk
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Excellent photos, thanks @shouldbeinbed!
Did you just buy the extender and the mounting plate? No need to buy the klickfix mount itself?
Did you just buy the extender and the mounting plate? No need to buy the klickfix mount itself?
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
No it is the mount that is integral with the bag & came with it.
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jhawk
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Ah, okay.
I'm just trying to figure out whether I need to buy the Klickfix mount and the 43mm extender, and the mounting plate. Or, just the extender and the mounting plate.
I'm just trying to figure out whether I need to buy the Klickfix mount and the 43mm extender, and the mounting plate. Or, just the extender and the mounting plate.
