Originally Posted by
nashcommguy
Just offering a perspective. It seems, first off one needs a
touring rack w/vertical stays such as an Axiom, Jandd or Topeak. Others have them, but I'm just mentioning a few. Then adding enough of the rubber spacers to allow for the light mounts to be attached securely. What
I would add to this particular rig would be criss-crossed cable or zip ties to each light to keep them from bouncing out of the mounts as it
can happen regardless. Zip ties are cheap. Good blinkies aren't. The ties don't interfere w/t effectiveness of the lights at all or very little and are bullet-proof in their security.
When changing the batteries one simply cuts the cable ties and puts new ones on when re-mounting. Been doing it for years. My mounting system is different because of my light configuration as I don't use a touring rack. But, I
do use cable ties on all my blinkies except for the one I use on my back...it just clips on.
And speaking of blinkies try these @:
http://www.pricepoint.com Just put 'Sette ST 316 Glo' in the site search and it'll come right up. 10.00US. I've got half-a-dozen of them. They're as good as any .5w blinkie.
I have this
rack and this
light mounted to it. I have a
Cherrybomb 1W on the seat post.
I want to add at least one more light back there, so that whether I'm wearing my backpack or have it strapped to the rack platform, I'll have more than one light visible at any given time.
There is an adapter that would allow me to mount the 4D to the seat post using the binder bolt, but have doubts it will work with the OEM QR skewer. So I'm better off just leaving the light where it was designed to go- on the rack.
You'd think that someone would have come up with a widget or a bracket that would allow one mount to the chain stay, enabling the light to 'peek' around rack legs...