20 March 2016

Fresh Goods Sunday - Lightweight Di2 Junction Box Holder

When I was building the Bowman Pilgrims frameset with Shimano Ultegra Di2 I mounted the junction box under the stem with the supplied Shimano rubber band and bracket. The band is thin but quite wide and hides some / all of any logos you have on your stem. I come across this neat little solution which Push Cartel Cycles used on one of their bike builds. After some months I decided to buy one as I was putting an order in with Sigma Sport and needed to make the order up for free p&p.
It arrived a couple of days later and fitted it to the Pilgrims. There is not a lot to it but it does keep the junction box in place and rotates with the bars when turned. Fitting is simple - remove stem from steerer tube, remove spacer the same height 6mm and refit stem and click junction box onto holder. There is enough clearance been the underside of the stem and top of box for a more deeper type stems.
The rrp is £15 and tbh you don't get a lot for your money but it is beautifully manufactured / finished with one small white logo on the right side. Madison M Part also do a very similar product which comes in 6 degrees and 17 degrees options with a rrp of £10. I have not seen any Madison ones in real life so cannot comment on finish / weight etc.
Here is a link to the Sigmasport website page
and here is a link to the Madison website page

Manufactuers blurb -
PRODUCT REF: LWDI2BOX
The Lightweight Headset/Di2 Junction Box Holder provides an elegant solution to the problem of attaching your Di2 junction box in an compact and practical manner. The Lightweight Headset/Di2 Junction Box Holder inserts like a 6 millimetre headset spacer and fits neatly under your stem.












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