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I've got the minimalist Tubus rack. It's like the Fly but a different color. It's got a small panel with a single hole to attach a light. The newer ones have 2 holes, but this is an old model with just one. I might be able to use a seatpost light mounted sideways and use zip ties.

What I want is a reliable light with decent battery life, preferably rechargeable. It's just for occasional use, so it doesn't need to be seen from Space.

I have a canvas seat bag, so putting a light on the seatpost isn't an option. Putting a light on the seat bag leaves the light pointing down most of the time.

Any ideas?

PaulRivers

^ Planet Bike Grateful Red comes with a rear rack mount that has a hole in the middle. You could probably use that.

p.S. Or check the Tubus site to see if they sell a mounting bracket for the specific rack here's one for the airy:
https://www.tubus.com/en/products/ac...acket-for-airy

late

Looks good, thanks.

tyrion

Quick and cheap method: I'm using some fairly cheap rechargeable lights that come with those stretchy bands:



That's a Tubus Vega but I think the Fly is the same back there. The lights point upwards a bit but still visible. The upward tilt is unavoidable with this setup - they migrate into that position and stay there.

Tourist in MSN

If you have some tools and a piece of angle aluminum, I made a mount from some angle aluminum, mount it low enough that if a bag on top of the rack hangs over the back of the rack that it does not press on the light.



It works best with a toothed lock washer between the aluminum and plastic bracket, then it is less likely to change where the light shines after hitting a pothole.

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Or some lights come with a bracket sized for a seatstay. I wrapped a strip of inner tube rubber around the rack to make it a bit thicker (a shim) for a seatstay mount on the rack. If you try this, put some tension on the rubber when you wrap it so that it grips the rack tubing better and is less likely to shift. When touring, I like two taillights, one is usually a spare but sometimes use both in bad visibility.

late

I bought the rack about a decade ago. After I got it, I didn't like the way it looked on the bike. So it went on a shelf. When I got my new bike, I guess I didn't pay attention, but it turns out there is NO hole to attach a light to. It looks a lot like the Fly, so I assumed...

I'll work something out.

2_i 

There is KlickFix Mini Mount.

Tourist in MSN

I sure enjoy taking time to give a thoughtful answer to someone's question, and find out later that the person asking was too busy to give correct information in their question in the first place.

2_i 

The posts stay on and other people with the problem at hand will be reading how to solve it .