Bar bag interfering with light mount

Kendal Black Drop
Kendal Black Drop Posts: 638
edited May 2012 in Commuting chat
I've got a Hope Vision 2 light which clamps onto my handlebars.
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I've just bought an Ortlieb bar bag, so now I need some way of raising the light up because it sits too low. Can anyone suggest a bracket of some description to help me elevate the light up so it shines over the bar bag rather than into the back of it?

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    This will work, though you might have to shim the bar as it is 25.4mm.

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-bar-xten ... extension/

    Minoura also do something similar.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    no idea what the layout of that lot is, but does turning the light and its mount upside down help? I.e. so the light's underneath the bars. Never played with a bar bag so no idea.
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  • Hoopdriver
    Hoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    davis wrote:
    no idea what the layout of that lot is, but does turning the light and its mount upside down help? I.e. so the light's underneath the bars. Never played with a bar bag so no idea.

    No, it would just shine into a lower part of the bag.

    Carradice Super-C bar bags have a round plastic attachment to the bottom of the bag on which you can put a light.
    http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com
  • Kendal Black Drop
    Kendal Black Drop Posts: 638
    I got the Topeak one and it has been fitted to my bike and used already.

    Thanks for the help redvee.

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