Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I have not used an Ortlieb handlebar bag. Mine is a cheaper one that has fairly flexible plastic side pieces, that flexed way too much....
My 3/4 inch wide bars eventually cracked at the bend at the bottom corner, when I bent my 1.5 inch wide pieces I used a wider radius to the bend so that the stress of bending was less concentrated in one spot which I am sure helped.
i solved this with using a steel bookend from the corner stationary store.
the solid type, not the kind with decorative holes/designs cut in the panels.
cheap and effective.
steel is thin enough to use the original mounting plate bolts.
they come pre-bent, so no bending stress added to the very spot that needs to be the strongest.
and they already had little rubber non-slip bumpers glued to the bottom to protect table surfaces.