Fat legs & Rear light fittings

The Running Man

Is it just me or do these new plastic screw fittings for rear lights catch on anyone else's legs like they do on mine????

I've put the wretched thing as far down my stem as I possibly can and equally as close to the saddle as I can without obscuring the bloomin' light but wherever I put it the screw bit really rubs the inside of my thigh red raw.

Am I missing something somewhere??

Or do I just have fat legs??

jonginge

Cateye flex brackets? Yeah, I catch mine too. Annoying. It's worse on my Pearson than my normal commuter. I got fed up and put a minoura space grip on the seatpin and light on that... looks funny but worked and the light is where I want it

The Running Man

Yep - Cateye.

I tend to ride on the back of the saddle especially when I'm pushing up hills and the choice is either to do a bad impersonation of John Wayne cycling or bleed all over my overshoes.

Thanks JG - I'll definitely try the Minoura option.

lost_in_thought

Knog skink would solve the problem I think...

jonginge

True, did think of that option but I like my horizontal LD610... but you can't have too many knogs

cougie

Smart 1/2 Watt - gotta be brighter than the Cateye. Only a tenner - so fit two !

prawny

John that is a genius idea, it may well let me to fit another couple of lights, have the rest of the day off

The Running Man

Yep - very cool. Thanks l_i_t Just looked at them on Wiggle - nice colour options too

However already followed JG's advice and ordered a Minoura from Evans.
Can't bloomin wait now. I had a different bracket that finally gave up the ghost on the weekend so I've ridden with this wretched Cateye torture implement for 2 days and it is driving me MAD :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Surely Cateye must know that while they make nice lights they supply a crap bracket??

Think I'm just off to tell them ..... back in a bit ........

TommyEss

You can still buy the old-style cateye brackets to replace the flextight ones - you can trim those edges right down.

I actually manage to catch the LD-6000 in horizontal mode - let alone the bracket - so mount it vertically - can just sneak it in under the saddle pack.

On my Pompino with the rack on I mount it horizontally onto the rack.

sicknote

I had this problem and both my smart lights went on the stays so now out of the way of my legs.

prawny

After payday I'm going to get one of the Minoura swing grip thingies, I can stick that to my seatpost and raise it over my saddlebag then I can stick 2 more rear lights on yay!

The Running Man

Thanks TommyEss - and of course I meant seatpost not stem.

All things being equal I'm not into self harm but this is a close as I've got and I don't think I'll be taking it up as a full time hobby any time soon .....

Just sent Cateye a polite email .... I'm not holding my breath for a reply ....

spen666

The Running Man wrote:

Is it just me or do these new plastic screw fittings for rear lights catch on anyone else's legs like they do on mine????

...Or do I just have fat legs??

I don't fit the lights to my leg- I fit them to my bike :evil:

attica

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mc/cycle/7/Cate ... _-_Spares/

I found the flextight ones for the front light was rubbish so found this lot

The one for a rear rack is quite good too

EDIT

Like CP below, I'm still using the older version for the rear light on my bike that hasn't got an abomination of a rack attached to it

Clever Pun

I threw away the new fitting and used the older cateye version

Keeping it real

The Running Man

@spen666 - lol

Reminds me of the classic Goons script,

Bluebottle : "Eccles turn the knob on your side."
Eccles : I haven't got a knob on my side."

Oh well - I remember them .....

MonkeyMonster

The Running Man wrote:

@spen666 - lol

Reminds me of the classic Goons script,

Bluebottle : "Eccles turn the knob on your side."
Eccles : I haven't got a knob on my side."

Oh well - I remember them .....

I do too - always raises a smile to say anything in a bluebottle voice.
"He's fallen in the wah-ter"
Neddy's "You rotten swine!"

TommyEss

Attica wrote:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mc/cycle/7/Cateye/Lights_-_Spares/

I found the flextight ones for the front light was rubbish so found this lot

The one for a rear rack is quite good too

Yeah, they're the ones. Remember you need a clamp (band-y thing) AND a bracket (clippy thing) to get your light to fit. And the rack one is indeed very good.

redvee

Flextech bracket - Like a jubilee clip?

If so I had the issues with mine. Fitted it to a 26.4 post and had excess sticking out so made use of some insulation tape to hold the spare tight to the post but I do have spare brackets of the older style. Might look at the Space Grip idea.

attica

redvee wrote:

Flextech bracket - Like a jubilee clip?

If so I had the issues with mine. Fitted it to a 26.4 post and had excess sticking out so made use of some insulation tape to hold the spare tight to the post but I do have spare brackets of the older style. Might look at the Space Grip idea.

Yep they're the ones, I find they're prone to slippage on the bars and obviously there's the problem with the rear ones as per the OP.

Splottboy

Look, just stop it! I lost my rear Cateye bracket, and there you go, on-and-on.
Bracket this, bracket that...

Have you no feelings?

The Running Man

Just so you know I bought one of those Minoura space bars as recommended by JonGinge and it works an absolute treat.

Cheers fella!!