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11-04-2003, 12:53 PM

No they don't close over the ends, they're 3T bio arms. Well that's one way
of doing it (tying the dowell to the bars) and I'll bear it in mind.

Thanks,

Peter

"David Kerber" <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a11da3a7bc0bc2798975b@news.ids.net...
> In article <bo90ri$j42$1@dorito.esatclear.ie>, peter@e.ie says...
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I have recently put tri-bars on my Specialized Sirrus. There is now no
room
> > left on the handlebars for my speedometer and light. I could put them on
the
> > tri bars but then they'd be 90 degrees off! Does anyone have any
solutions
> > to my problem??
>
> What kind of bars? If they are the ones which close over the front
> like the Profile Design Century and AirStryke models (which I have),
> you can put the light on the end of the bar. What I did for the
> computer was to take a round dowell about 1" in diameter, cut it to an
> appropriate length and concave the ends so that it would fight snugly
> between the bars, and then drill a hole in each end of it and zip-tie
> it to the bars on each side. it's snug enough to hold the computer,
> but I can still slide it forward and back to keep the computer where I
> want it.
>
> You could do the same that but mount a handle bar space saver on it,
> and put both the light and computer on that if there's no spot for the
> light on the end of the bars.
>
> --
> Dave Kerber
> Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying!
>
> REAL programmers write self-modifying code.

11-04-2003, 12:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Peter Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Mounting a computer / light on aero bars No they don't close over the ends, they're 3T bio arms. Well that's one way of doing it (tying the dowell to the bars) and I'll bear it in mind. Thanks, Peter "David Kerber" <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote in message news:MPG.1a11da3a7bc0bc2798975b@news.ids.net... > In article <bo90ri$j42$1@dorito.esatclear.ie>, peter@e.ie says... > > Dear all, > > > > I have recently put tri-bars on my Specialized Sirrus. There is now no room > > left on the handlebars for my speedometer and light. I could put them on the > > tri bars but then they'd be 90 degrees off! Does anyone have any solutions > > to my problem?? > > What kind of bars? If they are the ones which close over the front > like the Profile Design Century and AirStryke models (which I have), > you can put the light on the end of the bar. What I did for the > computer was to take a round dowell about 1" in diameter, cut it to an > appropriate length and concave the ends so that it would fight snugly > between the bars, and then drill a hole in each end of it and zip-tie > it to the bars on each side. it's snug enough to hold the computer, > but I can still slide it forward and back to keep the computer where I > want it. > > You could do the same that but mount a handle bar space saver on it, > and put both the light and computer on that if there's no spot for the > light on the end of the bars. > > -- > Dave Kerber > Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! > > REAL programmers write self-modifying code.