2.5kg too heavy for bar harness ?

[ton]

just wondering what would be considered too heavy for a bar harness ?

i have quite a tidy set up bag wise, but my harness when packed weighs 2.5kg.
in my hands it feels bulky, but ok on the bike.

anyone please ?

[Hyppy]

Maybe not quite like-for-like given its rigidity, but the Salsa EXP Cradle has a limit of 3.6 kg. I can't imagine that does much for a bikes handling, but your 2.5kg doesn't seem excessive. I think I'm perhaps 2kg ish when I load it up for an overnighter.

[whitestone]

I'd say 2kg would be around the maximum for a bar mounted bag but everyone's different, some might baulk at 1kg up front. If you are happy with it and it doesn't affect *your* handling/enjoyment then I wouldn't worry about it.

[jameso]

I don't think that's too much, no. I think the bar height and the bag's distance from the steering axis is more important than the difference between for ex. 1.5 and 2.5kg bag weight. Some bike layouts handle weight here better than others.

Bar harnesses like the Salsa Cradle punts the bag further out from the bar than most but if you can rotate it so the bag hangs under the bar it reduces the distance from the steering axis.

[fatbikephil]

Try it Ton and see what happens!
I once carried a pair of schwalbe jumbo jims on my bar roll, back from Aviemore to Blair Atholl through the Gaik - so 3kg plus my normal 1.5kg. It felt a bit heavy and the wildcat harness was a bit wobbly but I survived

[riderdown]

i have quite a tidy set up bag wise, but my harness when packed weighs 2.5kg.

I had a setup that must have been a similar weight with bag, tent, first aid kit, paramo jacket and puffer on the winter event, fine when riding, clumbersome getting through the myriad of gates my badly chosen route took. Hike a bike was fine but sometimes a PITA manhandling

Using the same for the winter Jenn ride, best compromise I can pull together