Fenix Is Now Making Bike Mounts

Ziemas

Fenix has started making bike mounts for their flashlights. It looks as if they might be taking the bike lighting market seriously!

https://www.fenix-store.com/product_info.php?cPath=25_66&products_id=388&osCsid=3d5568cc764a3725f06d207b00e0a254
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derath

Bulky looking

Ziemas

Bulky looking

I thought the same thing until I compared it to the shifter in the photo. In reality I assume it will be smaller than the high rez photo makes it look.

dekindy

Bulky looking

I am not sure why you would say that. It looks small to me in comparison to the (single battery?) flashlight mounted on it. Even if that is a 2-battery flashlight it still looks small.

dekindy

Ziemas - Great post, thanks. I have already passed it along to some of my cycling comrades considering a fenix flashlight purchase.

photoassign

Actually, this is great news. It's progress on the part of an excellent flashlight manufacturer to pay attention to the bike lighting consumers. Up until now it was either the DIY route, the LockBlock, or the flimsy Chinese bracket that i just got from ebay. Thank much for the heads up.

derath

I am not sure why you would say that. It looks small to me in comparison to the (single battery?) flashlight mounted on it. Even if that is a 2-battery flashlight it still looks small.

Compared to the twofish It looks bulky. Plus what is up with the little thumbscrews? at least put a quick release on the bike mount side.

-D

Ziemas

Compared to the twofish It looks bulky. Plus what is up with the little thumbscrews? at least put a quick release on the bike mount side.

-D

I'll certainly agree with th QR statement! Thumb screws could be a PITA if they can't be easily loosened to slide the light out.

Jesper64

Glad to see Fenix acknowledging the bicycle market. As mentioned above would like a quick release, but better than nothing I guess. Also would seem to provide a sturdy secure mount if you're looking for a more permanent solution for mounting. Though battery changing could be a bit of a hassle.

Ziemas

^^^

Changing the batteries wouldn't be so difficult. I have a Fenix light semi-permanently attached to my helmet and it's no problem.

stonecrd

dekindy

I just posed a question to the Fenix website about the thumbscrews and whether they can be worked by hand or require a tool. I will report back when I receive a reply.

See #16 for reply.

dekindy

I will stick with the lockblock, I have flat top bars and this looks pretty rigid, the lockblock is flexible enough to spread and hold the light. Also since I take my lights off/on every weekends the velcro strap is easier than messing around with all of the screws.

Some users have reported that the lockblock gets out of adjustment easily when you ride over bumps/hit rough road and require constant readjusting which makes it impractical for a bicycle application. Others seem to feel the opposite. What exactly has been your experience and what kind of riding do you do? Thanks.

dekindy

^^^

Changing the batteries wouldn't be so difficult. I have a Fenix light semi-permanently attached to my helmet and it's no problem.

It will probably be more akward tipping your bicycle instead of your helmet to let the batteries slide out!:eek::rolleyes::)

dekindy

I just posed a question to the Fenix website about the thumbscrews and whether they can be worked by hand or require a tool. I will report back when I receive a reply.

Trevor at fenix-store.com replies:

"I do believe that the bike mount can be tightened by hand but if you are really concerned about that you may want to look into the twofish adjustable mounts on our website."

From just looking at the picture it appears that it can be tightened by hand. We will only know for certain when someone field tests it.

stonecrd

Some users have reported that the lockblock gets out of adjustment easily when you ride over bumps/hit rough road and require constant readjusting which makes it impractical for a bicycle application. Others seem to feel the opposite. What exactly has been your experience and what kind of riding do you do? Thanks.

I ride 20mi nightly on pretty flat clean roads, a few bumps here and there but mostly pretty smooth. I really have had no problems with the lockblock moving around on me and I kind of like the ability to move it slightly up as I come to some intersections and want to aim more at the cars turning left rather the road to make sure they see me. Once through the intersection I can move it back down to focus on the road.

Ziemas

mrejda

I added a thin bit of rubber from some other clamp insert I had laying around to the lockblock straps so that the bar/light are surrounded by a rubber surface instead of just on the parts touching the block. It made it much more stable.

Ziemas

^^^^

I'm planning to do the same with an old tube.

wrafl

I could have bought the FENIX but at the time, they didn't have any means to mount securely any of their lights. I was very interested in the P3D at the time. I might consider a the P3D again now that they have a a handlebar mount. Thanks for the informative post Ziemas.

yamcha

I think the mount looks cool.

yamcha

I found this one:

http://www.batteryspace.com/ProductImages/flashlight-battery/bikeclamo.jpg

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1993

Jesper64

I found this one:

http://www.batteryspace.com/ProductImages/flashlight-battery/bikeclamo.jpg

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1993

That mount has been mentioned before and is widely available on Ebay and other internet sites. According to some posts on the Candle Power Forums, the mount isn't very good. Plastic is low quality and breaks very easily. The clip doesn't hold very tightly and the plastic indentations (where the clip hooks into) wear down/break very quickly. Was not recommended at all.

discocarp

I got my fenix bike mounts in. After being *very* impressed with the flashlight, I'm pretty disappointed in these. The joint between the two circles (the part that spins) seems to be very poor. The light shakes (from the junction shaking) over even the slightest bumps. If you need that "360 degree" turn at this junction you're out of luck as well, as it turns only in big jumps. Also, the orange thumb screws are hideous looking (although I don't care about that too much, my wife doesn't want it on her bike). On the plus side, the thumbscrews are very easy to unscrew making it trivial to remove and reset the flashlight. The mount also seems to hold very securely other than the previously mentioned jiggle.

I'm probably moving back to cable ties, although I am thinking about gluing the junction or securing it some other way to stop the jiggle. I'd probably be ok with that.

rmac

I put three layers of tape between the upper and lower part of the bracket and that seemed to stop the jiggling. Haven't solved the problem with the rotating clicks being so far apart. I may try to take it apart and see if I can fix it. It's really a poor design and ugly. I'm going back to the lockblock.

discocarp

Thanks for the tape tip. I was also thinking about trying a rubberband in there.

dekindy

Very disappointing reviews on the new mount. It looked much more promising than that. Be sure to give feedback to Fenix. At least they are attemtping to address our needs. Maybe the next attempt will be better.

dmac49

When ever I change out an old tube I cut it up and save some strips for large rubber bands and other things. Cheap and efficient.

discocarp

The rubberband crammed between the 2 discs seems to have worked pretty well to eliminate the jiggling. This is great since this was by far the worst thing about this mount.

rmac

The rubberband crammed between the 2 discs seems to have worked pretty well to eliminate the jiggling. This is great since this was by far the worst thing about this mount.

I'll try the rubberband. With the tape, the brackets still rattled on the bike. I was also thinking of a rubberband wrapped around the top and bottom parts.

It's very easy putting the flashlights in the brackets. The orange caps are still very ugly. Too bad they were not black like in the pictures.