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Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:41 am
by whitestone
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.
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:42 am
by benp1
Inner tube and duct tape in my case!
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:45 am
by johnnystorm
A dozen wraps of electrical tape!
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:09 pm
by Pickers
Length of inner tube and a couple of zip ties here. Simple and secure.
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:17 pm
by whitestone
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.
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:57 pm
by benp1
whitestone wrote:Ha ha! Bodge it is then
Is there ever a better answer?
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:53 pm
by BigdummySteve
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:00 pm
by psling
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).
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:11 pm
by Laurensdad
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.
http://www.racewaredirect.co/
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:17 pm
by sean_iow
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).
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.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Pairs-Bike ... rk:33:pf:0
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:22 pm
by whitestone
psling wrote:Meanwhile have a look for 2-part handlebar shims BMX bars (22.2mm) to MTB stem (25.4mm).
First hit when searching is exactly that from Amazon
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 5:07 pm
by Mart
sean_iow wrote: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).
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.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Pairs-Bike ... rk:33:pf:0
I’m happy to order some but only need a couple
Anyone else want some?
Re: Light mounts for Jones Loop Bars
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:16 am
by In Reverse
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
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:23 pm
by techno