cameronero

Hi,

I got a new Canyon bike for Christmas and just realised that my BM IQ-X Premium LED light does not fit on the Canyon H31 Cockpit. The mount is not large enough and the cockpit is also differently shaped. I called the hotline and they do not have mount to ordee. Does anyone have some advice? Could I go for some ellastic rings?

Many thanks in advance

kingston 

Would a fork crown mount work?

unterhausen

I know someone that put an IQ-X on the bottom of one of those out front garmin mounts that also allows you to mount a gopro underneath. I think he modified the mount.

cameronero

Thank you both. I think a fork crown mount would not work as it is all carbon and I would have to drill into it.

There is a special Garmin outfront mount for this cockpit which I have ordered as the normal one does not fit. But the new one will be middle centred so cannot install two of them.

canklecat

If you're handy with tools, or know someone who is, the existing out front mounts could be modified. That's what I usually do, with moto tools, etc. Usually looks kinda homebrewed but acceptable for my older bikes.

Otherwise, check for on-demand 3D printing. Maybe a spacer/mount can be custom made to suit the doodads you want for that Canyon's cockpit. You'd be the only kid in town with a doodad mount as spiffy as your new bike.

And if you're not completely set on the B&M IQ-X Premium, check out Outbound Lighting. They're fairly new, among the tiny handful of bike headlight makers who designed their lights like motor vehicle headlights with lenses that focus the beam and have a cutoff to prevent overhead spill. They ain't cheap at over $200. But so far they look like the best designed bike headlights made so far, and customer reviews have been good.

I'm seriously considering Outbound because I often ride at night, both to avoid traffic and because it's cooler in Texas summer. Many of my fastest Strava PRs were set at night. But there's always a risk of too-close encounters with critters. I narrowly missed a dart of deer (that should be collective name for deer, right?) the other night. I use two headlights so the beam spread and road coverage is pretty good, out to the grassy road edges. But it's awkward and doesn't leave much room on the tops of the bars for a relaxed hand position on those steep hill climbs. I figured by the time I've rigged up two Light & Motion or NiteRider lights, TwoFish mounting blocks, etc., I've spent around $200 anyway for an inferior, cobbled together rig.

With the Outbound, the light head weighs only 100g. Not much to disrupt the bike's handling. The battery pack weighs just over 300g, and can be strapped to the top tube or downtube where it has little affect on handling.

Tourist in MSN

The photo of the Garmin mount suggests that it is held to the bar/stem unit with two screws. You might be able to fabricate a bracket that you could install under the Garmin mount with the same two screws. Or might need longer screws.

I have put together several brackets for a variety of things with some aluminum bar stock, a hack saw, file and an electric drill. Some of my projects looked professionally done after sprayed with some glossy black.

znomit

What is the IQ-X premium?

If you can get a go pro mount then you can source a dynamo light adapter here...
GoPro Mounts and custom parts

JaccoW

B+M has a whole Page devoted to mounting brackets.

There is this handlebar bracket or this 1 1/8" head tube bracket that might work. Check out German retailers like bike24.com, bike-components.de or Rosebikes.com or look on eBay.

angerdan

https://www.bikeforums.net/electroni...ole-mount.html

And you can buy spacer from B&M as well Supernova.
bumm.de/en/products/mehr/produkt/471b.html
bumm.de/en/products/mehr/produkt/471b-1.html
https://shop.supernova-design.com/shop/product/supernova-spacer-mount-198
https://shop.supernova-design.com/shop/product/supernova-handlebar-bracket-53

polyphrast

Which light are you talking of? The B&M Ixon IQ Premium (the one powered with 4 AA batteries)? the B&M IQ-X (a dynamo light)?

You could use one of the minoura holders or the topeak barxtender and clamp them to the stem. Is that stem/handlebar thing made of aluminum or of carbon? If the latter, i have no clue how well the barxtender would stay in place on the stem (given the torqure restrictions for carbon)
If you meant the B&M IQ premium, there is a youtube video were a user ("captain overpacker") used the barxtender to mount two IQ Premium to his bike.

The suggested adapters (spacer replacements) would probably stand out in combination with that weird shaped stem of the H31


Have to disagree a bit here on the OL Focal Road. Is is a good light, but the light distribution of the road version is not the best. I have that light and i have as well a Lupine SL(-F), and i had the chance to compare the OL Road to a B&M Ixon Space and i had the chance to test once a supernova m99 mini pro 25.
For people in the states it is the best road light, considering the pricing as well.(Light head only 140 USD, incl battery 215 USD)

Big pro of the OL Road: nice beam color tint, the warmest of all mentioned lights. And it would also fit to that aero bar shape.
Cons: 1) the area 4-6m in front of the bike is too brightly illuminated, especially on bright gravel roads this can be a bit blinding and the (perceived) reach of the light suffers due to this 2) There is a power step down in the light's electronics, which makes it impossible to use the highest two modes if the battery charge has fallen to 50% (the only way to circumvent this is using a 11V battery).

Since the OP is from GB, he has to pay import duties and import tax, that makes the OL quite a bit more expensive (and worldwide shipping costs 27 USD). If he doesn't need the wider illumination of the OL road and doesn't mind the cooler beam tint, the Ixon space does a very neat job. Albeit it only produces 500 lm the reach of the light is roughly the same as for the OL Road. The Ixon Space allows pass through charging while in use.
For someone in the states, the ixon space is a bit harder to obtain at reasonable prices (one would have to browse german/european bike shops and check whether they send the light to the states),

Here is a post of mine, where i compared the OL road with an ixon space (hint: download the images and view them full screen)

canklecat

Thanks for the links. Unfortunately I'm getting some formatting problems on my end and it's difficult to be sure which photos go with which descriptions. Might be something to do with Google's auto-translation from a German site.

Which of the lights you tested did you prefer? My use will be 75% road, mostly two-lane rural highways. Maybe a few casual gravel rides but no single track or fast off-road night rides of any kind.

kingston 

Maybe there's some way to attach it to the fork. Some ideas here https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/light-mounts.php

Or maybe one of these https://problemsolversbike.com/produ...ck_release_nut

kingston 

Several German retailers ship to the US so it's easy for us to get German lights. The space would be overkill for me. I like the Ixon/Pure AA powered lights because the batteries are replaceable on-the-go, and they work with a fork crown mount.

Edelux II is still the best dynamo light I have seen.

Tourist in MSN

I have a light at skewer height on my errand bike. It is fine as a light to be seen, but when the light is that low you can get some odd shadows from stuff on the pavement like leaves, etc. Thus, you could have some surprises to navigate around when they are close. On my errand bike where I am riding on well lite streets or when I am on bike paths they are paths that I know well, thus the shadows do not bother me. But I would not want to ride a great distance at night on a road that I am not familiar with using a light that low.

polyphrast

I answered this more elaborately in a different thread, where i think it fits better. https://www.bikeforums.net/21263579-post73.html

However not all of those shops ship the ixon space to the states, try it.... bike24.com does it

kingston 

I have ordered more than a dozen B&M lights from several German online retailers. Not sure why this one would be any different, but I guess I would have to try to order it to find out for sure. I'll leave that to someone else since I have no interest in a handlebar mounted light with an integrated lithium battery.