Surly LHT and Nice Rack Light Mounting
10-16-10, 02:15 PM
#1
Playing with the traffic
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydo, 'Straya
Posts: 428
Bikes: 2009 Colnago Primavera, Campy Chorus 11 speed, 1986 Colnago Master, C-Record, 2008 Surly LHT, 1930's Malvern Star 3-speed.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Surly LHT and Nice Rack Light Mounting
I have a well loved and well used Surly LHT, with Nice Racks. I have a new job that regularly means I have to ride in pitch darkness and so have built the Shimano DH-3N70 dyno-hub that has been sitting in my shed for 3 years into a wheel.
For practical and aesthetic reasons I want to mount the lights low on the front rack, rando-style. To reduce the shadow of the front wheel I will use two headlights. My question is this, do you know of any mounting system that will allow me to do this?
For illustration look here https://www.vanillabicycles.com/frames/randonee/2/
Also posted in the Long Distance forum
Many thanks
For practical and aesthetic reasons I want to mount the lights low on the front rack, rando-style. To reduce the shadow of the front wheel I will use two headlights. My question is this, do you know of any mounting system that will allow me to do this?
For illustration look here https://www.vanillabicycles.com/frames/randonee/2/
Also posted in the Long Distance forum
Many thanks
10-16-10, 03:11 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Western Ma.
Posts: 959
Bikes: Diamondback "parkway" Spec. "expedition
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 47 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 42 Times
in
33 Posts
Take a look here: https://www.paulcomp.com/lightmounts.html
10-16-10, 04:22 PM
#3
commuter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 536
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
isnt there an eyelet right in front? I seem to recall there is...front and center. just use that with a single light.
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7vaQ...layer_embedded
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7vaQ...layer_embedded
Last edited by TimeTravel_0; 10-16-10 at 07:53 PM.
10-16-10, 08:30 PM
#4
Playing with the traffic
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydo, 'Straya
Posts: 428
Bikes: 2009 Colnago Primavera, Campy Chorus 11 speed, 1986 Colnago Master, C-Record, 2008 Surly LHT, 1930's Malvern Star 3-speed.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
isnt there an eyelet right in front? I seem to recall there is...front and center. just use that with a single light.
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7vaQ...layer_embedded
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7vaQ...layer_embedded
10-16-10, 11:13 PM
#5
Señor Wences
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,035
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
This is what I do with a Cygolite,
Topeak BarXtender,
and Paul Gino mount,
Works very well. I attach the Gino to the forward facing Nice rack brazeon.
Puts the light out forward of the bike.
Topeak BarXtender,
and Paul Gino mount,
Works very well. I attach the Gino to the forward facing Nice rack brazeon.
Puts the light out forward of the bike.
10-17-10, 12:09 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: City of Brotherly Love
Posts: 1,562
Bikes: Raleigh Companion, Nashbar Touring, Novara DiVano, Trek FX 7.1, Giant Upland
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 22 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
So you attach the BarXtender to the Gino and mount your Cygolite to the BarXtender?
10-17-10, 06:07 AM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 11,199
Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
Mentioned: 48 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3459 Post(s)
Liked 1,465 Times
in
1,143 Posts
Piece of wood about the diameter of a broomstick handle about an inch long on a long bolt with a few nuts and lock washers. Photo shows a quick release light bracket installed on the wood. In this case the hole in the wood was drilled intentionally off-center so that the light could sit a bit lower and have a center of gravity lower than if the hole was drilled thru the center of teh wood.
Nice rack not needed for the mount used above, but if you only use the top of the rack and no panniers, this would work with the rack. On my Surly rack, I have cut strips of innertube rubber about 3/4 inch wide and the length that I needed that when I wrapped it around the front horizontal bar on the rack, it was about the diameter of a handlebar. Then put handlebar light mount on that. Wrap it tight so it grips the rack bar well and does not rotate. Sorry no photo of that option to attach.
Nice rack not needed for the mount used above, but if you only use the top of the rack and no panniers, this would work with the rack. On my Surly rack, I have cut strips of innertube rubber about 3/4 inch wide and the length that I needed that when I wrapped it around the front horizontal bar on the rack, it was about the diameter of a handlebar. Then put handlebar light mount on that. Wrap it tight so it grips the rack bar well and does not rotate. Sorry no photo of that option to attach.
10-17-10, 08:31 AM
#8
commuter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 536
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Fostergren
Bicycle Mechanics
4
04-30-15 10:29 PM
jetbike
Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
2
10-25-10 01:09 PM
