Rear lights

Harry B

I know we shouldn't be needed them for much longer but my rear light is on the seat post but the bracket that it used to fix it on the post rubs against my leg as I cycle and is really quite irritating. I have looked in the few shops but all the lights seem to have the same kind of brackets. For information I use Cat Eye lights.

Does anyone know of a suitable light which has a very small mounting bracket which won't rup? It also needs to be farily easy to take off the bike

Fanx in advance!

jonginge

Have a similar problem on my main commuting bike but it was much worse on my Pearson. My solution was to get one of these and fasten to the seatpost instead of the handlebars.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Minou ... 300001170/

il_principe

A couple of Knog Bullrogs.

http://www.knog.com.au/Product.aspx?productId=160

Jamey

The bracket on my Smart 1/2 Watt is smaller than the light itself. Never had any trouble with it rubbing.

Christophe3967

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

Harry B

jashburnham wrote:

A couple of Knog Bullrogs.

http://www.knog.com.au/Product.aspx?productId=160

Look just the job. I'll try the bike shop on my way home

ta very much

jonginge

Christophe3967 wrote:

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

With my cateye it was the bracket that was rubbing, not the light itself Most cateye brackets are rubbish...

ride_whenever

zip tie the light under the saddle, never have problems then.

Harry B

JonGinge wrote:

Christophe3967 wrote:

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

With my cateye it was the bracket that was rubbing, not the light itself Most cateye brackets are rubbish...

yep, that's the problem here :roll:

il_principe

Most brackets are rubbish. That's what makes Knog lights so brilliant.

Throlkim

Jamey wrote:

The bracket on my Smart 1/2 Watt is smaller than the light itself. Never had any trouble with it rubbing.

It's a great little light too. I really like its flashing pattern, people definitely seem to notice it more. Especially as that centre LED is blinding.
Not had a problem with the bracket, and as Jamey says - it's minute.

Underscore

Throlkim wrote:

Jamey wrote:

The bracket on my Smart 1/2 Watt is smaller than the light itself. Never had any trouble with it rubbing.

It's a great little light too. I really like its flashing pattern, people definitely seem to notice it more. Especially as that centre LED is blinding.
Not had a problem with the bracket, and as Jamey says - it's minute.

I added a Smart B-Spoke (also 1/2 Watt) to my commuter at Christmas and have been very impressed. I've now ordered two more - one to replace the CatEye LD600 on my commuter which has started eating batteries for breakfast and one as a just-in-case-the-visibility-gets-poor light on my road bike... and it is RVLR compliant too (unlike pretty much any other LED light I've come across).

The whole thing (light and bracket) is pretty small, so I'd be surprised if it gave you problems. However, I'm not sure that I've seen any rear light bracket that is wide enough that I'd expect chaffing, so I really don't know.

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always_tyred

Harry B wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Christophe3967 wrote:

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

With my cateye it was the bracket that was rubbing, not the light itself Most cateye brackets are rubbish...

yep, that's the problem here :roll:

Fix it to a seat stay.

rally200

Harry B wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Christophe3967 wrote:

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

With my cateye it was the bracket that was rubbing, not the light itself Most cateye brackets are rubbish...

yep, that's the problem here :roll:

Which bracket are you using? there's loads of different Cateye brackets. my ld600 is a no no horizontal, but no where near leg contact when vertical

jonginge

rally200 wrote:

Harry B wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Christophe3967 wrote:

Have you tried flipping it round so that it sits longways? Some cateyes let you do that, and solves the problem neatly.

With my cateye it was the bracket that was rubbing, not the light itself Most cateye brackets are rubbish...

yep, that's the problem here :roll:

Which bracket are you using? there's loads of different Cateye brackets. my ld600 is a no no horizontal, but no where near leg contact when vertical

Mine is an LD610 with a flex tight bracket. Horizontal is fine, it's the bracket that rubs*, i tell you.

* The band has already been cut so it is flush with the tightening mechanism