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Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:39 pm
by nobbythesheep
Show me your handlebar cradle ,looking at the salsa one but don’t want to spend £130 ,normally strap my bag to bars but noticed on my last trip it was fouling to much with my cables

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:46 pm
by RIP
4 cableties and 4 bits of gaffertape. Performed faultlessly for two years now. Cost about 5p and weighs around 13g.

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Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:37 am
by ledburner
Made this last year, slightly impressed with solid load carrying not effecting handling..
Support from polly pipe & electrical conduit simples.

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:34 am
by RIP
Heh heh, well I think we have two ends of the scale for you to choose from there :smile: . Come to think of it mine actually is a cradle rather than a harness.

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:46 am
by sean_iow
How big a bag do you want to strap on? If you were looking at the Salsa one have you considered the Gfunk bar clamps with a strap deck? Considerably cheaper than the Salsa option.

https://wildcat.cc/products/drj0ns-bagworks-g-funk

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:53 am
by Shewie
I’m using Alpkit Confucius bars so my bar bag is well away from the cables

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:29 pm
by ledburner
Shewie wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:53 am I’m using Alpkit Confucius bars so my bar bag is well away from the cables
DrJon. Bag works has some neat solutions strap deck looks good,
This is my harness in use

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:32 pm
by ledburner
RIP wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:34 am Heh heh, well I think we have two ends of the scale for you to choose from there :smile: . Come to think of it mine actually is a cradle rather than a harness.
My harness in used AK Airlock 20l (?) bag. No flex, swap done seem to affect handling.. :-bd

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:35 pm
by woodsmith
Made this one at the end of last year. Still waiting to be used in anger,

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=18388

Re: Show me your handle bar cradle

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:29 am
by ledburner
woodsmith wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:35 pm Made this one at the end of last year. Still waiting to be used in anger,

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=18388
Its similar to mine above, except I built in a like AK Kanga harness/ support.
If I made, again I'd select lighter materials. But as, a concept its great. Such as lining in 2 oz nylon & add oxford /codura strips not through out...