fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
And for the pro look, cover the white pipe in black duct tape. It's a good bodge as it allows you to fit most lights.
Rear Light Positioning
- Thread starter pjminton5
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And for the pro look, cover the white pipe in black duct tape. It's a good bodge as it allows you to fit most lights.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Glenn, when you are as old as me, you can repeat yourself as many times as you want.
As you want.
SteveinDenmark
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Pretty sure the pipe is black anyway, I can't take the credit for it though as the lbs did it when they fitted the mudguards and rack for me
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
'course, some bodges are bodgier than others...
http://www.bikehacks.com/bikehacks/2014/08/bag-light.html
http://www.bikehacks.com/bikehacks/2014/08/bag-light.html
Wow! Thanks for all the help and replies. Problem solved. I've scrapped the saddle bag and I now have a tool bottle which I keep spare inner tube, levers, multi tool, and repair kit in. My lights are knog blinders and the strap is only designed for my seat post. Also I might get a different mud guard soon as it is off my mtb.
Could you not fit the light to the top of the tube that the seat post comes out of then the bag should still fit that's how I fitted my comet rear light to my bike and it works fine
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
I 'spose at a later date the OP could get a proper set of SKS mudguards. That would free up post space imo (and provide greater dryness compared to the beaver tail)
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Mine involved a handful of cable ties, the side of an old 35mm film canister, and the lid of said canister...
...to attach two lights to the back of my saddle bag. One points straight back, one slightly up, both are well out of the coat-zone and high enough to be seen over car boots & bonnets.
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I made a little bung with a hole through it for a screw and drilled and tapped a hole in the base of the saddle to make a mount for my cateye rear light so that it would sit above the saddle bag. I have ridden behind people that have them below the bag and the bag can obscure the light.
I use 2 lights as I have found the cateyes to not be the most waterproof lights on the market. Best to have a back up.
I use 2 lights as I have found the cateyes to not be the most waterproof lights on the market. Best to have a back up.
Mark1978
Veteran
- Location
- Shouldham, West Norfolk
Like it. Having just spread the innards of my cateye rear light over the road (it was "attached" to the light loop on the very same topeak bag as yours), i need a new way of attaching my new one (which is also the same as yours)
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
This is my setup. I like a light on the seat stay as well. I also have one on my rucksack and used to have a pound shop one on the saddle bag until it bounced off under a bus
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Maybe that's why I have a problem mounting a light on the seat stay - I would never mount a light on the inside of the seat stay, IMO it's an accident waiting to happen, and all the brackets I had with lights have been like the one above. Perhaps they are designed for Europe and the US where you would mount the light on the non drive side?
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
Why is it a bad idea to mount one on the inside seatstay?
