I just deconstructed my city special and it won't work for the reason you stated For now I am thinking something like this. Superglue or some other bonding agent could probably work. This would give more inboard roll to the grip.
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ETA: you could probably make the strut work if you cut the top and bottom loops for screws off and drilled your own screw holes to accommodate spacing to achieve the same thing but being the lazy MF I am at the moment I think using the speed bump from an RCS claw would be easier.