Rear Light Mounts

[Richard A Thackeray]

Does anyone know l can another mounts for this light?
I have 4 lights, but only 3 mounts, & l want to ‘double up’, now l’ve put a rack on the work-bike

I’ve looked at (the most likely) ‘St Johns Cycles’, but can’t see one





I guess the simplest way, & gets me a spare, is to buy another
(all of mine are the 50 lumen varients)
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...halfords-25-lumen-rear-bike-light-252694.html

 

[matticus]

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...halfords-25-lumen-rear-bike-light-252694.html

Does that link work for anyone else?? For me it tries this URL:

https://go.cyclechat.net/?id=61076X1383750&isjs=1&jv=15.7.1&sref=https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/rear-light-mounts.307308/&url=https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-accessories/bike-lights/halfords-25-lumen-rear-bike-light-252694.html&xs=1&xtz=0&xuuid=7042983f69cad8f0a5c4f5268e2555e6&cci=fdc323990d4c0abfee8b2729e998dc7a

EDIt - screengrab:

... which then fails. This has happened before on CC ...

 

[Dogtrousers]

@matticus worked for me. Showed me this

 

[Dogtrousers]

@Richard A Thackeray

I think you have two options: a) hideous bodge involving cable ties, duck tape and oddments, that will probably fail and the light will fall off. b) buy a spare.

I suppose there's c) spend a very long time reverse engineering the mount in CAD. Have it 3D printed. Find that you've got it slightly wrong. Bodge with duck tape. The light still falls off.

 

[Alex321]

That looks very similar to the Cateye mounts. But is probably just enough different to not work with a Halfords one.

 

[MichaelW2]

Under the back of the rear rack is best protected position and least obstructed. I run by cable over the rear mudguard but unless Im am mistaken, chromoplastic guards can act as conductors. True or false?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Under the back of the rear rack is best protected position and least obstructed. I run by cable over the rear mudguard but unless Im am mistaken, chromoplastic guards can act as conductors. True or false?

Cable? But it's a USB rechargeable battery light.

 

[MichaelW2]

Still the best location. Does your rack have a standard lamp bracket or can you fix one?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Still the best location. Does your rack have a standard lamp bracket or can you fix one?

Yes it has, for a vertical mount
Previously, it's been 2 x 'upside down' mounts of the same lamp (50 lumen) on the seat-stays, another on the seat-pin & a 4th (different flasher, also on the seatp-pin)
Whilst they're rather bright/cheap, they give no indication when they're going to die, so 4 lights give me 'built in redundancy'

 

[Dogtrousers]

On the question of what is the best location, the back of the rack is also my favoured location. My Tubus rack has a plate across the back with some holes in it at the back for mounting a light or lights. I've bodged a Cateye mount on it as follows.

But it doesn't really matter if you don't have a mount.

 

[presta]

I found a rear light on the pavement once, so not being the sort to pass up a freebie, I made a mount for it, and used it for donkey's years. It was better than the one I bought to replace it actually.