Originally Posted by
Arapiles
Can't say that I think much of the manners on this forum.
The OP posted a very specific and unusual request. By a coincidence (1) I saw the post and (2) had had exactly the same problem with exactly the same light. Unlike the OP I had worked out an elegant, simple fix which is still working 6 months later - and that's on the bike I use to commute on daily.
I wasn't a member of this forum but thought I could help, so registered and posted my fix for the problem. And the response? The OP didn't even have the effing courtesy to acknowledge the post, let alone say thank you - instead he posted to everyone else "who's BBB"" (well, let's see ... BBB would be the Giant of the accessories world and have been available in every country I've lived in. But evidently not where the OP lives.). The OP's response was the internet equivalent of simply ignoring someone who says hello to you at a social function.
What made the OP's rudeness even starker is that he did respond to the other posts. I can only presume that PaulRivers regards a "newbie" as beneath contempt, or should I say beneath notice? Otherwise the level of rudeness is inexplicable.
While I may be a "newbie" on these forums - purely because I only posted in relation to PaulRivers original query (and given the evident lack of manners it's unlikely that I'll be involved any further in any case) at least I know how to fit an Ixon IQ to a fork mount.
I'm the OP. I've been on vacation for over the last week, so I have not had a chance to reply to your latest post.
I'm sorry I did not reply to your post saying "So, have you tried the fix on your bike?". I cannot be sure if I just didn't see it (email didn't get sent, email got lost somehow, etc) or if I meant to reply but didn't get around to it. I've had reply post losts on forums sometimes to. My apologies on that point, though I did not deliberately ignore your post.
But on the others, I understand that you get excited to reply on a topic you happen to have knowledge of and then seeming get ignored (like I have, several times), but half your points seem to go out of their way to take offense (it's not even possible to post "to everyone else "who's BBB"") or a simple misunderstanding of ettique on an internet forum. If every possibly helpful post was replied to, the thread becomes filled 50% with posts saying "thanks for your reply", which is time consuming and not very helpful. The average response is that if a post solved your problem to say "thanks, that worked", or if you're writing back with further questions then says "thanks, but also...". But that doesn't even happen more than 50% of the time.
Saying "thanks" to every post in an internet forum is like saying "thanks" after every sentence with a person you're talking to in person - it's considered kind of annoying, and if done constantly rather rude to the other people reading the thread. Not only do they have to wade through it, but they also likely get a new email every time there's a reply.
In the reply to whether I tried the fix on my bike, I did not, because -
1. The mount you mentioned is not available in the US. I looked just now - can't find it anywhere. Not amazon, not peter white, not performancebike, not competitive cyclist, doesn't appear to be available from the website for ordering directly.
2. The mount appear very similar to the mount I already tried - sounds like you removed something on your light in order to get it on the mount? I did try replacing the latch down thing on my light with a screw, but wasn't able to get the screw tight enough to keep the light from moving it's position whenever I hit really rough bumps.
3. After trying the Ixon IQ for a while, I also decided it just didn't put out enough light onto the road for my taste. I also own another bike with a Cyo and a dynamo hub, and it's a lot closer.
4. I also -
sadly - lost the front wheel of my bike that I was using the IXON IQ light. I was super tired on a Friday, took the wheel off to put the bike in the car, and drove off with the wheel still resting against the car. Well, obviously it fell over after I drove off. When I came back, the wheel was gone.
Being that I felt it the light wasn't really bright enough for anyways, and that I had to pay to replace the front wheel, I bought a new front wheel with a dynamo hub and which let me use my Cyo from my other bike (my winter bike) as my front light as a replacement. I would have written back, though, if I had seen your followup post asking if it had worked.