How to manage bar bag and front light?!

[Vantage]

I got mine from amazon but they seem hard to find now, these http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/minoura-b ... mount.html are good for their intended purpose. Can be a pain to get it on the fork though.

[Cunobelin]

Actually having just checked over the bike prior to its first LEJOG I realised its a Minoura Swing Grip fitted, not the Space grip

IMPORTANT!!!!


Sorry for the drama, but the Swing grip is useless!

Whilst the Spacegrip firmly attaches the tube to the base, this is not the case with the swing grip.

The tube is mounted to a small tab that is already bent and under stress. Placing the weight of a light further stresses these, and the tab breaks within weeks dumping your lights in the road

[VanDeRooster]

Just had my Ortlieb extensions turn up. Not impressed. Looks like they'll be OK over the bar bag but I wanted to mount the lights under. The search continues ...

[lostgeordie]

Well my swing grips have been fine, i have two one on commuter, one on tourer. Been on for over a year, hold a set of ay up led lights. Battery is on stem so they not supporting a lot of weight. I,m doing lejog right now with this set up, all good but only two days in ☺

[sjgreen]

OP here. Thanks for all suggestions. I found the toepeak bar xtender will do the job of supporting one or 2 lights under the bar bag thus avoiding clutter on the flight deck! Only drawback it is slightly weighty but very versatile so will be useful in other situations. One problem solved!