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Originally Posted by pdlamb
Note to self: make sure any custom bike I order has a through-hole on the fork crown for my dyno light.

steelbikeguy, that setup looks like the light is mounted kind of low. Aren't the German dyno lights designed to be around fork height for "standard" wheel sizes, e.g. 26", 650B, or 700C?
It's definitely low, but with the "high racer" style of recumbent, I need it to be that low to avoid having it hit by my foot.
The light I'm using is home built, so the impact on the beam isn't too bad.

When I had my conventional touring/commuting bike frame made, I specified a threaded boss brazed onto the fork blade to permit the mounting of a headlight. I got used to this position for the headlight a long time ago when I used a fork mounted "block" dynamo. Over the 22 years that I've had it, it's worked fine.



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