My bike's handlebars have 5 lights on them, and a bottle holder, and a GPS mount, in addition to the 2 brake controls and the right-hand gear shift.
I have to do something about that, as I'm soon going to add even more stuff. Certainly need a mount for my phone and/or ipod.
I've just ordered a couple of wee bar things that attach to the handlebar, stick up from it, and add about 4 inches of straight bar. The cost in handlebar real estate is about an inch. Net gain is significant.
If I remove all my crap, except for the immobile brakes, bottle holder and gear control, two extenders will easily fit. That will give me about 8 inches of rail to put stuff on. I bet all my lights and mounts will fit on that, with room to spare.
Just in case, I've also ordered a similar item that attaches to the frame of the bike next to the handlebars. It adds 4.5 inches of straight rail.
That's a total between the 3 extenders of over a foot of rail.
Maybe I can fit on a big screen TV.....
I am a 68 year old retired teacher living on the west coast of Canada. I spent over 30 years as a student of Karate until my knees stopped liking it. My current passionate activity is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which I've been at for about 13 years.
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