This is a GREAT question! I’ve been struggling with it for years. I love handlebar bags, but they make headlight mounting a challenge if you don’t have a nice rack-mount alternative.
One option is to raise the light high enough to get over the bag. There are various mounts made to add light/gps unit space to crowded handlebars. I have one made by Minoura that came in two lengths. The tall one gets the light high enough, but I find it distracting to be in front of my face like that. On the other hand, the light also hits the top of the bag, which can help if you have a map or cue sheet there at night. As others have mentioned, I don’t think visibility suffers when mounting mid fork or even at the fork end. Paul components makes a nice mount that can be bolted to an eyelet with a typical M5 bolt. It can also be attached anywhere on the fork blade with a p-clamp. I’ve used all those methods and more. Over the weekend I transferred all the parts from one frame to another. The new frame has a mid-fork braze on for a rack, which is a great place for the light. On this bike I have a front rack with a basket on it, and my backpack goes on the basket, so the light HAS to go down low, low enough to fit under the basket. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
