Rear Light Positioning

[400bhp]

Bike frame looks way too small.

 

[Road_Runner]

@victor I like your tyres. What are they?

I have some Scwalbe Matathon Plus's on my 'hybrid' with the reflective sidewalls. I've been looking for tyres with reflective sidewalls for my road bike but i've not found any until your photo.


@pjminton5 Question is.....have you bought a bike too large for you or do you have your saddle too low? I would imagine that any correctly fitted bike with a saddle bag should have a sufficient gap between the bottom of the bag and the top of the seat tube to mount an easily seen rear light. If it's that you have your seat pretty low i would recommend that you raise it. Not only does it give you a place for your rear light but it will make your cycling more efficient.
Just out of curiosity, what size bag is yours @victor? I have a small bag which only looks a fraction of the size of victor's.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My commuter has a carrier on it, I attach the rear lights to the carrier, theres a light mount on the back of the carrier and I attach a carrier light to it, I also have a second light attached to the rear vertical of the carrier.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

@victor I like your tyres. What are they?

@Road_Runner , they're Specialized Armadillo All-Weather Reflect, in size 700x25C. Good puncture resistance and rolling, but not too heavy.

 

[HovR]

This setup works quite well, if your frame/brake setup allows it. Works best on bigger frames. There's also still room for a secondary light on the back of the saddle bag, but as mentioned above, it probably won't be pointing the way you want it!

 

[Road_Runner]

@Road_Runner , they're Specialized Armadillo All-Weather Reflect, in size 700x25C. Good puncture resistance and rolling, but not too heavy.

Cheers.

 

[Dragonwight]

I use a camelbak for water and storage of tools as I prefer the weight to be higher up on my back rather than slung around the bike. I have a light clipped to it and one to the seat post.

 

[Sharky]

Try drilling 2/4 holes through the back of the rear led and then use thin zip ties to secure them to the under saddle bag.
I've had a few lights over the years that decide to bounce off and end up smashing. Zip ties prevent this.

As said on other posts, always have a minimum of 2 rear facing led's, you never know when one fails. And always carry a couple of AAA's just in case.

I've sometimes attached an additional red rear led to the end of my dropped bars. Then you know when the light is working.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I'm not sure most do come with a seat stay. Most default to seatpost.

There's a fairly common standard bracket that if you look around you can find a type that has, what I can best describe as a watch type strap. They are ideal for locating on the seat stay. Example of bracket is here.

Maybe only if you can locate the light on the seat stay above the rear brake. These brackets won't work on the stay below brake level as the light will either interfere with the spokes, or you won't be able to angle it correctly. You really need a bracket that moves the light out to the side of the stay, and IME they are few and far between, and it's not helped by the lack of standardization in bike light fixings

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Light #1 goes on seat post, if saddle bag is in way it goes on saddle bag, I won't use a saddlebag that doesn't have a light loop.
Light #2 is fitter to my mudguard. Shock! Horror!
Light #3 is optional and goes on offside seat stay or is not fitted at all.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Light 1 is always on my helmet.
Lights 2 & 3 on seat post.

 

[potsy]

I have a mix of positions for my lights depending on the bike, seatpost, seatstay, rack, saddle-bag.

I find the Smart lights always come with a seatstay bracket which is handy, especially if you go for one of the 'vertical' type like the R1 or R2, the regular shaped ones don't work so well there.

 

[John the Monkey]

....as it can be seen by traffic if they are queuing behind you as they cannot see the light on the bike.

Yikes! If they've not noticed you by the point that they're close enough to obscure a seat stay mounted light...

Anyroad, 1x seatstay, 1x (sometimes 2x) on Carradice or rack.

 

[steveindenmark]

John,

What I meant was cars way down the queue can see you early through the Windows of the cars. If you only have one on the back of the bike the cars in front can obstruct the view.

I really dont have a problem asI am in Denmark.

Steve

 

[glenn forger]

I like how your user name's "Steve in Denmark"

Then you post that you're in Denmark and sign your name.