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Handlebar bag with light mount
Recently, I gave away an old Topeak handlebar bag when I sold my touring bike. A nice feature of that bag was a removable clip that attached to the bottom of the bag, which you could mount a headlight on.
The current Topeak bag that's most similar, the Tourguide DX, does not have that feature. Are there other handlebar bags that allow mounting a headlight? -- Paul |
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Handlebar bag with light mount
On 8/3/2020 9:59 AM, wrote:
Recently, I gave away an old Topeak handlebar bag when I sold my touring bike. A nice feature of that bag was a removable clip that attached to the bottom of the bag, which you could mount a headlight on. The current Topeak bag that's most similar, the Tourguide DX, does not have that feature. Are there other handlebar bags that allow mounting a headlight? -- Paul Some Carradice bags have light mount on the bottom, see the photo at https://www.carradice.co.uk/media/mod_hikashop_magiczoomplus/magictoolbox_cache/acc33107b3e11efde1786ed4f95ff0c1/5/0/501/original/3170468424/keswickg-10.jpg https://www.carradice.co.uk/bags/saddlebags/originals-keswick-handlebar-bag The Zimbale bag I just started using does have a light mount, but it's on top. I don't think I would want to mount a light on the bottom, even if possible. First of all, it brings it too close to the wheel. Second, the bag is canvas and the bottom is not going to remain level when you load stuff in, though I could put a piece of plastic in the bottom if I wanted it to stay perfectly straight. Third, I like a handlebar mount light that can be moved from bicycle to bicycle using extra mounts. |
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Handlebar bag with light mount
On 8/3/2020 4:36 PM, sms wrote:
On 8/3/2020 9:59 AM, wrote: Recently, I gave away an old Topeak handlebar bag when I sold my touring bike. A nice feature of that bag was a removable clip that attached to the bottom of the bag, which you could mount a headlight on. The current Topeak bag that's most similar, the Tourguide DX, does not have that feature. Are there other handlebar bags that allow mounting a headlight? -- Paul Some Carradice bags have light mount on the bottom, see the photo at https://www.carradice.co.uk/media/mod_hikashop_magiczoomplus/magictoolbox_cache/acc33107b3e11efde1786ed4f95ff0c1/5/0/501/original/3170468424/keswickg-10.jpg https://www.carradice.co.uk/bags/saddlebags/originals-keswick-handlebar-bag The Zimbale bag I just started using does have a light mount, but it's on top. I don't think I would want to mount a light on the bottom, even if possible. First of all, it brings it too close to the wheel. Second, the bag is canvas and the bottom is not going to remain level when you load stuff in, though I could put a piece of plastic in the bottom if I wanted it to stay perfectly straight. Third, I like a handlebar mount light that can be moved from bicycle to bicycle using extra mounts. That image shows a red light facing forward, which is a bad idea. Ohio's law (ORC 4511.56) says, in part, "red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front of the bicycle or electric bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle..." I suspect most state laws are similar. IME, a headlight works better under a handlebar bag rather than over it. When mounted above, light spills and illuminates the top of the bag. This is effectively light pollution; it reduces your nighttime vision. Also, IME mounting a headlight at about 25" to 30" high gives the best detection of rocks, potholes, etc. But I wouldn't mount a headlight on something as floppy as a handlebar bag's fabric. You should aim it precisely, which requires a solid mount, as at https://www.carradice.co.uk/media/mo...keswickg-8.jpg One of my bikes has the headlamp mounted on the (custom) rigid frame of the handlebar bag. That works well. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Handlebar bag with light mount
Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 8/3/2020 4:36 PM, sms wrote: On 8/3/2020 9:59 AM, wrote: Recently, I gave away an old Topeak handlebar bag when I sold my touring bike. A nice feature of that bag was a removable clip that attached to the bottom of the bag, which you could mount a headlight on. The current Topeak bag that's most similar, the Tourguide DX, does not have that feature. Are there other handlebar bags that allow mounting a headlight? -- Paul Some Carradice bags have light mount on the bottom, see the photo at https://www.carradice.co.uk/media/mod_hikashop_magiczoomplus/magictoolbox_cache/acc33107b3e11efde1786ed4f95ff0c1/5/0/501/original/3170468424/keswickg-10.jpg https://www.carradice.co.uk/bags/saddlebags/originals-keswick-handlebar-bag The Zimbale bag I just started using does have a light mount, but it's on top. I don't think I would want to mount a light on the bottom, even if possible. First of all, it brings it too close to the wheel. Second, the bag is canvas and the bottom is not going to remain level when you load stuff in, though I could put a piece of plastic in the bottom if I wanted it to stay perfectly straight. Third, I like a handlebar mount light that can be moved from bicycle to bicycle using extra mounts. That image shows a red light facing forward, which is a bad idea. Ohio's law (ORC 4511.56) says, in part, "red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front of the bicycle or electric bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle..." I suspect most state laws are similar. IME, a headlight works better under a handlebar bag rather than over it. When mounted above, light spills and illuminates the top of the bag. This is effectively light pollution; it reduces your nighttime vision. Also, IME mounting a headlight at about 25" to 30" high gives the best detection of rocks, potholes, etc. But I wouldn't mount a headlight on something as floppy as a handlebar bag's fabric. You should aim it precisely, which requires a solid mount, as at https://www.carradice.co.uk/media/mo...keswickg-8.jpg One of my bikes has the headlamp mounted on the (custom) rigid frame of the handlebar bag. That works well. Depends on bike and bar bag, on my commute bike, which is a older MTB so long stem narrow bars, the bar bag sits under the bar so very little spill even from the low wide beam that my above bar mounted light produces. On my other bikes I’d assume they wouldn’t play nice together. Roger Merriman |
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