Front Bag Stay Solution

[Scott Garrison]

I wanted to share my solution for keeping a front bag off the head tube and leaving some room for the shifter cable routing without having to buy a fancy mount/rack.

I just took an old rear rack stay, trimmed it down to size and gave it a curly bend. Then used a rubber clamp from the hardware store and voila! It's been working like a champ on my Swift Industries Catalyst bag for months now, even on trails.

[Kim H.]

Great Scott !

Totally ingenious !

Very highly creative !

Thank you for sharing. 

Kim Hetzel.

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[Will Boericke]

I'm working on a 3D printed version of the Swood twisted T for this purpose.  I haven't quite finished the design yet, but will post when I print it.

Will near Boston

[Scott Garrison]

The Swood is a nice design, more robust than my setup for sure. I haven't really loaded my bag down yet to see how much weight it can bear, but it's been fine for your typical day ride gear.

[Brian Turner]

Is there a threaded 1” version of the Swood? 

I seem to recall it being only for threadless.

Brian

On Mar 4, 2026, at 12:22 PM, Scott Garrison <scotti...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Swood is a nice design, more robust than my setup for sure. I haven't really loaded my bag down yet to see how much weight it can bear, but it's been fine for your typical day ride gear.

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[Bill Lindsay]

There are a bunch of ways to instantiate a stand-off of this kind.  Another option is the Nitto suite of "Lamp Holders".  Here is one example:

Ben's Cycle Nitto Lamp Holder

It clamps to your bar and then holds a section of handlebar wherever you place it.  The linked example has two clamps and the bar is 22.2mm diameter so any scavenged chunk from a mountain bike flat bar will fit, giving limitless possibilities.  I linked the two-clamp version because that's the cheapest way to get two clamps.  In my experience, a single clamp is plenty strong enough for anything, so with that "kit" you'd get two copies of it.  

They offer a 31.8mm version as well as at least two different extension lengths.  

Other vendors make accessory mounts in this general geometry/architecture, but the Nitto is the most stout, in my experience 

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Will Boericke]

Swood was designed for 1 1/8, I'm making a 1" version.

Will

[Julian Westerhout]

I have a 22.2 Hitch Cycles Crowbar for use on a quill stem that is new in the box that I'd sell for $40 plus shipping. It's pretty neat with height and sideways bar adjustability. I've decided to go full on rack and decaleur for my front bagged bikes. 

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, IL