Originally Posted by lukeC
I am on my 3rd Rear Light in about 12 months. (i find the batteries last longer than the light itself)!
The problem is that the Attachment/Bracket and the Body of the lights all seem to be joined together with no real thought to the bumpy and rough nature of actual riding.
I find that after a little bump / speed hump or dropping off a gutter the back half of the light will pop off and smash onto the ground. They seems to survive the first few smashes but eventually a car will run them over or a similar fate will befall them.
So anyone know a real tough and intelligently built rear light?
Don't know why your light is falling apart, but, if that were happening to me, I'd take some cellophane tape and wrap it around the entire assemply - end of problem.
I did have some metal brackets that were specially designed to mout rear lights . . . and they were not up to the task. They would develop fatigue, break, and, poof, there goes my light.
I am using plastic (or whatever the OEM material is) brackets now, and am having much better luck with them.
Caruso