Front lights with no room on the bars?
moscowflyer
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So with my aero clip ons and Garmin out front mount, I have no room for my usual Cateye lights and with autumn approaching I'm trying to find a happy medium. If push comes to shove I'll put the bars away but is there a decent alternative anyone can suggest?
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I use the Barfly extender for things like map holders, etc. Might be worth checking out. The M Wave one (link in the comments section) also looks good.0
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some lights have multiple mounting options, exposure for instance
depends how your bars are, perhaps you can use a ziptie mount on one of the extensions with the light slung underneathmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
I use the Barfly extender for things like map holders, etc. Might be worth checking out. The M Wave one (link in the comments section) also looks good.
That certainly looks more robust than the original Minoura Space Grip which had a bar clamp something like a Jubilee clip made of butterfly wings. Mine snapped off on the way home one night and the lights almost went into the front wheel. Luckily the wire to the battery pack stopped them. The newer ones appear to have a more solid clamp with more room than the M wave, but I have found this sort of clamp to be a bit digital. That is one setting won't go around the bars and the next is too loose, it may require a bit of fettling with an old piece of inner tube.
http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/minoura-sgs-300m-spacegrip-3-qr-100mm-x-28-35mm.html?gclid=CInl2Znd3ccCFUFmGwoda4cKhg0 -
Garmin Combo mount for Garmin and Go-Pro, Raceware Direct Exposure bracket and Exposure Sirius light is my set-up on the bars.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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Do you want to just be seen or do the lights need to illuminate the road in front ? If the former then try a Fibre Flare http://fibreflare.com/ mounted to the fork.0
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Piece of 25mm plastic piping cable-tied to to the front of the clip-ons and simply use a regular bar-mountMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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I have a Knog Blinder and they come with a helmet mount. Not sure how this affects the lighting since I use them in the bars, but it can be an option for you.0
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If you've already got suitable lights - just no way of mounting them then how about putting a bit of plastic conduit between the aero clipons?
That's how I fix my Garmin to my TT bike and have cateye back lights fitted to a few bikes in a similar fassion (racks getting in the way)0 -
I've used the old style pump velcro straps in the past when riding home from TTs
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A neat trick with the above mentioned bar extenders is to replace the bar with a right angled XM-L torch of similar diameter....
Such as the Skilhunt H02 or Ultrafire H6 and then mount your cycle computer or other device on the barrel of the torch.0
