revelate h-bar harness and racers

[skunkawombat]

Anybody have any ideas on getting the Revelate Designs Harness to play nice with On-One Midge bars and Paul Racer brakes.  The front brake is actually run from the right lever and through a steerer tube cable stop. 

thanks

[james-o]

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-accessory-bar-mk1-t-shaped-105-mm-extension-222-mm-0-deg-prod11040/

Saw this linked on another site for similar reasons, goes below the stem to create space to prevent brake cable rub and act as a bump-stop? Could be drilled for a cable and comes in different sizes. I've used an old / original model Revelate harness with the midge bars, worked ok but couldn't use a wide dry bag roll.

[bmike-vt]

I picked up this Minoura mount for the same problem. It fits in the steerer tube and can be used to keep the bag / harness off cables and away from lights.

http://www.minoura.jp/english/accessory/lightholder/cs-500.html


eDeluxe on a fork crown mount. Minoura mount that fits on the steerer. by mbeganyi, on Flickr

Pic from just before I mounted my Paul Racer mediums.

[Lentamentalisk]

Sorry to dredge up an old topic. I just found this post while looking for a solution to my handlebar bag smashing the cables on my drop bar rig. bmike-vt, how is that setup holding up? Is it worth a try? I've only got a few pounds in the handlebar bag, so it doesn't need to be TOO strong.

[Spec44]

I tried to use the Minoura for the same purpose, and I couldn't get the set screw tight enough, so the weight of my sweetroll just kept pushing it all the way down against the head tube.

I hadn't tried it yet, but I bet I could set it horizontal (straight out from the steerer tube) and run a strap from it to the handlebar, and the strap would not only hold it at that height, but would also hold the sweetroll away from the bars.

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[Lentamentalisk]

Brilliant. That should solve the problem no matter how tight or loose you can get the screws.

[Spec44]

Yeah, honestly I took the Minourao off last week because I have an ECR now, but as I was looking at Mike's pics I saw the solution.

I went with the Minoura as a solution because I was trying to gear up for bikepacking with my only bike at the time...a carbon frame, and didn't really want to try to strap the sweetroll to a carbon head tube, and trying to tape around the odd shaped head tube is challenging.

[bmike-vt]

The Minoura worked fine but doesn't tighten up as much as you'd like. I ended up putting my Marks rack back on and that keeps my Swift randonneuring bag secure or it keeps the harness off the cables / etc.

I built a decaleur for my bag using a different Minoura mount that does tighten up. Here's a pic of the roughed out decaleur that I 3D printed and before I finalized things.

Magnetic Decaleur V3.5 by Mike, on Flickr