Bar extensions or GPS and light mounts with handlebar harnes

[Mitomaniac]

Sorry for the next question.

I'm starting to kit out my bike for a few excursions, until I sell my road bike which I can no longer ride and replace with a hard tail I'm making my full suspension bike do the job.

I've got a alpkit kanga harness and bag on the front however my wahoo mount no longer clears and my light doesn't clear over the top.

I'm running a short stem and 35mm diameter bars just looking for solutions to this. I've found a topcap mount for the wahoo but with delivery it's going to cost near on £40 which seems steep for something I'm hoping to use temporarily until o get a more suited bike for my purposes.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Kanga often causes an issue with mounting of electrical items. SJS Cycles have a wide range of mounts or a POD front harness from PlanetX will cost you £20 and remove the issue as it mounts much lower.

https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... arrel.html

[Mitomaniac]

That's perfect I'll have to look into one of those as I can still use same bag with it

Thank you again for being the encyclopedia of bike packing gear

[thenorthwind]

I have the same issue with my MYOG harness. My even lower budget solution is to wedge a pump under the straps which hold the drybag into the harness, which then works like a bar extension and takes the light. I've used it a few times and it works surprisingly well. Can't immediately find a pic I'm afraid.

[jam bo]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06 ... UTF8&psc=1

[middleagedmadness]

Same as Jambo ,works surprisingly well if you have the kanga mounted on the first set of loops (depends on your bike size this may not be possible if it's a small frame)

[Mariner]

This might help?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Handlebar ... 3211137835

Beware the tendency to use it as a handle when manhandling the bike.

[johnnystorm]

If a top cap mount for a Garmin is available cheaply that would suit, it's really easy to cut a tiny bit out of the mount to allow a wahoo to fit.

[Mitomaniac]

Same as Jambo ,works surprisingly well if you have the kanga mounted on the first set of loops (depends on your bike size this may not be possible if it's a small frame)

It's a large frame but I've a short stack height so it's quite proud of the bars it's not your usual bike for bike packing really

[middleagedmadness]

You may struggle to get a good dispersement of light ,just measured mine and it's 75mm from bars to bottom of light ,if I mount the kanga on the 2nd set of loops the dry bag covers quite a bit of the beam

[padonbike]

replace with a hard tail .

I've messaged you with details of a hardtail I'm selling

[ScotRoutes]

4 reflector mounts and an offcut of handlebar...

DSC_0150 by Colin Cadden, on Flickr


Likely you'd get it all free from your LBS (or in exchange for some biscuits)