Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Mechbgon, etal - your advice on Dinottes and my seatpost

Here's the deal. My great LBS owner got sent a 140L rear light by mistake by Dinotte. I expressed an interest in it and so I went tonight to check it out.......I have a rear leaning seatpost and thus the dinotte points a few degrees down..........and when I took my bike for a spin I kept hitting the light with my huge muscular thighs..........

Anyone else have these two problems with the light?

My LBS owner and his mechanic suggested putting a vertical "phantom seatpost" behind the operational one and mounting the Dinotte on that.........or to put a seatpost on my rear rack and mount in on that.

Any other ideas?

At that price, I want it to work well and not interfere with my pedaling.........

Anyone mount it to their fanny pack?

Hand when I took my bike for a spin I kept hitting the light with my huge muscular thighs..........


ROFL.

Can I PLEASE make that my sig from now on?

Here's the deal. My great LBS owner got sent a 140L rear light by mistake by Dinotte. I expressed an interest in it and so I went tonight to check it out.......I have a rear leaning seatpost and thus the dinotte points a few degrees down..........and when I took my bike for a spin I kept hitting the light with my huge muscular thighs..........

It sounds like you attached it directly to the seatpost instead of using the plastic mounting bracket that comes with it.

https://store.nexternal.com/dinotte/images/140L-AA-R-300.jpg

ROFL.

Can I PLEASE make that my sig from now on?

sure............. :-)

It sounds like you attached it directly to the seatpost instead of using the plastic mounting bracket that comes with it.

https://store.nexternal.com/dinotte/images/140L-AA-R-300.jpg

gracias por todo

.........or to put a seatpost on my rear rack and mount in on that.

Take a look at the image I posted in this thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=461666&highlight=

Take a look at the image I posted in this thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=461666&highlight=

Creative!!! Yours and the others............

gracias por todo



http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/10wheels/9000miles002Dinotteone.jpg

I posted a photo in your other thread over in Commuting (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=488218), which is just a pair of Cateye plastic mounting bands used to mount a computer sensor to chainstays or large fork blades. Older LBSs will probably have a bin full of this type of stuff.

Another simple option would be to find a seatpost-type reflector bracket with a swivel tab that the reflector mounts to. Aim the tab out level and zip-tie the DiNotte light to it, and there ya go :) Again, any LBS should have heaps of these lying around.

I posted a photo in your other thread over in Commuting (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=488218), which is just a pair of Cateye plastic mounting bands used to mount a computer sensor to chainstays or large fork blades. Older LBSs will probably have a bin full of this type of stuff.

Another simple option would be to find a seatpost-type reflector bracket with a swivel tab that the reflector mounts to. Aim the tab out level and zip-tie the DiNotte light to it, and there ya go :) Again, any LBS should have heaps of these lying around.

thanks......another creative solution

This was my solution....

http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u11/bicycleflyer/My%20Projects/?action=view&current=001-1.jpg

http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u11/bicycleflyer/My%20Projects/?action=view&current=002-1.jpg

So........it seems that there are many ways to get the 140L mounted well.........
My final question is about the waterproofness of the battery pack and the housing for the light?
(It took me months and months to choose my new commuter bike-so I am just a teensy bit OCD :-))

Pointing down a little is good. It's what you want!

No problems with rain here. If you like, place the battery holder in a small plastic baggie before placing it in the battery pouch.