Rear lights that can be mounted on seatstays and angled the way you want them.

[r04DiE]

Hello all,

Do any of you have favourite rear lights like this? I would like rear lights for my seatstays that I can angle, rather than having them point up in the air!

Thanks

 

[HLaB]

I'm using the niterider Sabre 80.

 

[Drago]

Most run of the mill stuff like Cateye etc can be angled appropriately.

 

[r04DiE]

I'm using the niterider Sabre 80.

Nice, thank you very much!

Most run of the mill stuff like Cateye etc can be angled appropriately.

I am not listening unless you give me links.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice, thank you very much!

I am not listening unless you give me links.

You just need this for a Cateye

 

[andrew_s]

B+M Secula
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/lighting/busch-muller-secula-rear-light-seat-post-fitting/

You can fit most Cateye lights to a seatstay, and they even usually provide the correct size of clamp band, but that doesn't mean that the light can be aimed correctly. The LD610 in particular is impossible.

 

[steveindenmark]

B+M Secula
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/lighting/busch-muller-secula-rear-light-seat-post-fitting/

You can fit most Cateye lights to a seatstay, and they even usually provide the correct size of clamp band, but that doesn't mean that the light can be aimed correctly. The LD610 in particular is impossible.

They also make these for seat stays that can be angled easily. be careful which one you pick as they do both battery and dynamo versions.

 

[mjr]

The last four years of Lidl special tail lights have. No link as they're not yet on sale this autumn. I think they're very similar to a Cube Ready for Road Tour model but I didn't find it on sale so it might be obsolete hence available as a Lidl special.

 

[oldstrath]

Smart Lunar https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Lunar-R2-Rear-Light/dp/B00452O6LI

 

[MichaelW2]

The Aldi F/R USB rechargeable light set can be mounted on the seat stay.

 

[andrew_s]

The Aldi F/R USB rechargeable light set can be mounted on the seat stay.

But not aimed horizontally at the same time.
The individual rear light can, just about, but you need an old-style frame, horizontal top tube and size 58 cm or larger, so the stays don't slope too much.

 

[MichaelW2]

But not aimed horizontally at the same time.
The individual rear light can, just about, but you need an old-style frame, horizontal top tube and size 58 cm or larger, so the stays don't slope too much.

The mount seems to be rotatable to adjust angle.

 

[r04DiE]

Ah, thank you all - very helpful stuff and it is much appreciated.

 

[andrew_s]

The mount seems to be rotatable to adjust angle.

The point is that when you look at how far away the centre of the rearside of the light is from the mounting band, the length of the light, and the angle of the seatstays, you'll see that it won't tilt downwards enough to reach a horizontal aim before the bottom end of the light hits the seatstay.
The tilt is fine for a seatpost, but you need a lot more angle adjustment for a seatstay, especially on a small or compact frame. To get enough angle adjustment for a light of that length, you need a much longer mount, such that the centre back of the light is something like 4 cm away from the stay.

 

[wonderloaf]

How about a Planet X Phaart (yes really!):
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIPHBPDRL/phaart-bleep-dual-05-watt-led-rear-light

As installed on my bike: