Fibre flare

Forgive me for being a dolt, but is there a consensus on how to fix these things to a bag so they don't come off? The 'ladder sling' things that come with it? The way they advise to fit these in the instructions.....is total fucking nonsense?!!

Clip one of the red bits to a key ring with a little carabiner thing, or zip ties if you don't need to take it off (zip ties solve anything).

I couldn't get it secure on a bag with the "fabric clips" or whatever the instructions call the red end bits.

carabiner is great idea, cheers

I had similar trouble with them, I'd clip them on my bag to find, when I got home, that the tube had popped out of one end basically turning it off.

I've never had this problem of tube slippage, but mine has died after a day of walking in the Scottish Highland rain with it still on my bag :(

First ride this morning with the Fibre Flare on my backpack, and I got to work to find it hanging on by just one end - these things needs a better method of securing them!!! - am going to try and put a two small rings under the 'fabric clip' and then slide one end of a carabiner onto that (like a key onto a key ring) then the other end to the clips on the bag

The way they suggest fitting one to a jersey is just plain crazy!

Anyone managed to resurrect one of these things? Mine's suddenly gone all Lynchman and can't see any obvious way of fixing..

wait a couple of days, it'll come back to life.

Bit of a dredge, anybody know of something similar out in the market today? Perhaps an AliX special? I quite liked my fibre flare and it worked well until I lost it a few years ago...

It's worth keeping an eye on eBay. From time to time someone seems to pop up with a load of old stock and they're usually quite cheap. I also love my Fibre Flares but they really need a lot of looking after. It's a shame they never addressed the design issues with them.

Mine live on my bag as it's got loops in just the right place, but I always make sure I pop the caps open and dry them out if they get wet. Otherwise they very quickly corrode away inside.

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Good intel on eBay, will keep an eye out. I used mine in the same way on a very similar Deuter backpack and another bag where it also fit just right. Largely a fair weather cyclist so corrosion wasn't really an issue for me.