handlebar bags and carbon bars
I would like to fit a small Ortlieb bar bag onto a set of carbon - matrix bars but am concerned about possible effect of the safety wire on the RK Clix Fix mount cutting into the bars
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Basically the mount is anchored by 2 plastic clamps, 5 mm wide each which are tightened to carry weight of bag. However to stop the mount slipping down and forwards a narrow 2mm plastic coated wire wraps around the bar and back under the (alloy) bar stem. If the plastic clamps are tightened adequately (but within bar clamp limits too) and I keep load weight in bag down, ie less than 2kg should this be OK with existing bars?
Or should I use some carbon paste under the clamps and a section old tyre under the wires to be on safe side?
Or does this idea fall into category of `never do this combination` ?
thanks

Basically the mount is anchored by 2 plastic clamps, 5 mm wide each which are tightened to carry weight of bag. However to stop the mount slipping down and forwards a narrow 2mm plastic coated wire wraps around the bar and back under the (alloy) bar stem. If the plastic clamps are tightened adequately (but within bar clamp limits too) and I keep load weight in bag down, ie less than 2kg should this be OK with existing bars?
Or should I use some carbon paste under the clamps and a section old tyre under the wires to be on safe side?
Or does this idea fall into category of `never do this combination` ?
thanks

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Certainly does fit into the 'never do' - I mean.... handlebar bags, are you from the commuter section!!!!Yellow is the new Black.0
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I got a three litre saddle bag for 6.99 on ebay, my nephew liked it so much he bought one too. May not look trendy but I can get all my spares and waterproofs in and I still have a room for food and a Tesco trip on the way home. It also stops my arse getting wet in our nice summer weather.http://www.strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible Price.
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Marin Mount Vision (1997), Edinburgh Country tourer, 3 cats!0 -
Certainly does fit into the 'never do' - I mean.... handlebar bags, are you from the commuter section!!!!
thanks, very helpful and bike snob answer :shock:0 -
JamesB wrote:thanks, very helpful and bike snob answer :shock:
Obviously a commuter - no sense of humour. FFS
Snob - hardly, I have a 7 year old bike and everything I have bought for it is second hand. Except bib shorts, can't do second hand there...reminds me of recycled toilet paper. :-)Yellow is the new Black.0 -
Obviously a commuter - no sense of humour. FFS
oh dear me and I ride a mountain bike too, obviously doomed0