Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
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- whitestone
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Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
I've a set of the Jones Loop Riser Bars on my fat bike and I'm wanting to mount a light (Hope Vision 2) to the front loop which is 22.2mm diameter but the QR mount only goes down to 25.4mm with the thicker rubber inserts. With the bars angled how I like the front loop is clear of any bag mounted using a Wildcat Lion harness so I don't need any fancy extension bar.
Has anyone mounted a Hope light to the Jones bars? If so how did you bodge it? Shim or a different mount? The Vision 2 fixes to the QR mount via an M5 bolt so any mount that has a similar arrangement should suffice.
Annoyingly Exposure's light mounts (for the beefier lights) also only go down to 25.4mm according to their website.
Has anyone mounted a Hope light to the Jones bars? If so how did you bodge it? Shim or a different mount? The Vision 2 fixes to the QR mount via an M5 bolt so any mount that has a similar arrangement should suffice.
Annoyingly Exposure's light mounts (for the beefier lights) also only go down to 25.4mm according to their website.
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Inner tube and duct tape in my case!
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A dozen wraps of electrical tape!
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Length of inner tube and a couple of zip ties here. Simple and secure.
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Ha ha! Bodge it is then
Dug out the Hope spares box and found some of the thicker inserts for the QR clamp and with those it gently holds the front loop so a section of inner tube should be enough to make up the difference and make it a firm fit.
Dug out the Hope spares box and found some of the thicker inserts for the QR clamp and with those it gently holds the front loop so a section of inner tube should be enough to make up the difference and make it a firm fit.
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Is there ever a better answer?whitestone wrote:Ha ha! Bodge it is then
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I was hoping Dave Barter was going to knock some 25.4/22.2mm shims out on his 3D printer
Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
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If Hope lights can be attached via an "action cam" type mount then the fine fellows at Raceware will make you one - they did one for me so my Lupine could sit up on the loop of my Jones bars.
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
These will adapt from 31.8 down to 22.2 for lights, I've used them with Exposure light mounts on my loop bars. Obviously not a quick solution as they have to come from china.psling wrote:I was hoping Dave Barter was going to knock some 25.4/22.2mm shims out on his 3D printer
Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Pairs-Bike ... rk:33:pf:0
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
First hit when searching is exactly that from Amazonpsling wrote:Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
I’m happy to order some but only need a couplesean_iow wrote:These will adapt from 31.8 down to 22.2 for lights, I've used them with Exposure light mounts on my loop bars. Obviously not a quick solution as they have to come from china.psling wrote:I was hoping Dave Barter was going to knock some 25.4/22.2mm shims out on his 3D printer
Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Pairs-Bike ... rk:33:pf:0
Anyone else want some?
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Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Gorilla tape. This time of year all my bikes have a big wad of it round the bars.
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
one of these sawn in half? https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/stems/thorn ... andlebars/
EDIT: already sawn in half: https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... psQAvD_BwE
http://store.ruff-cycles.com/handlebar- ... 5-4mm.html
https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/products/z ... -to-31-8mm
EDIT: already sawn in half: https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... psQAvD_BwE
http://store.ruff-cycles.com/handlebar- ... 5-4mm.html
https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/products/z ... -to-31-8mm