Custom mounts for tail lights?

[JasonC]

Has anyone made any custom mounts for one or more tail lights? I want to get 2-3 lights on back... maybe two superflashes and one other PB light.

I was looking to utilize the "standard" 50mm holes in my rack, maybe attaching some 1/2" copper pipe or something. For various reasons my seatpost and seatstays won't work.

Thanks,
Jason

[Aquajag]

Curious myself. Now that I have the rack and trunk bag on, I need a better spot for my blinkies than the seatpost and tied onto the bag. Currently my Superflash is tied onto my bag, but would like to get it attached to the rack, which has a spot for a reflector. I've got some ideas, just haven't gotten to the hardware store yet.

[JasonC]

For now, I clipped my superflash on my bag and "secured" it with a zip tie on the bottom part of the clip. I previously had very bad luck using that clip on my bags, but the zip tie seems to work.

Another option for a single superflash is to get a PB tail light rack bracket (http://ecom1.planetbike.com/smallparts.html#tail%20light%20parts). I ordered two of them last week (free shipping on small parts) and they arrived within a couple of days. They work okay for one light.

Something I'll be doing when I have free time is using the two 50mm holes in the back of my rack to mount a aluminum bar (Home Depot) parallel to the ground and perpendicular to my rack. Its cross section is "L-shaped", so one part of that "L" will be mounted to the rack. The other part will have three 1/2" PVC or copper pipes mounted vertically. Those will have the three PB lights mounted to them. I'm leaning towards using PVC for weight concerns... not because I am a weight freak. Its more that I think using copper may increase the "wobble factor" of the contraption.

To mount it, I plan to mount some screws sticking out of my rack so that I can quickly move the light bar between bikes and secure it with a wing nut or something. I'm also hoping to permanently mount the PB rack bracket using the same screws so that I have a light bracket for ad hoc situations when I don't have my light bar.

I'll have pictures when I'm done, but it probably won't be for at least a month.

Cheers...
Jason

[kdiehl]

I scrounged a short piece of plastic pipe from a construction dumpster, drilled a couple of holes in it, tie wrapped it to the back of my rack, and used my Dinotte's normal rubber band mount on it. Works fine.

[Michel Gagnon]

Using a piece of 1.5 x 1.5" x 48" aluminium angle, I made a bracket that I installed behind my rear rack. In the roughly 5" width of the rack, I have enough room for 3 Super Flashes side by side with room to spare. I covered the aluminium that was visible between the lamps with red reflective material.

[Black Bud]

I have used angle brackets for the purpose, mounting the brackets into rack holes and attaching the main part of the mount (the part that actually holds the light) to the bracket. I have never tried to mount three on one bracket, though.