Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
Another winter weekend with monsoon rains had me revist my front rack light bar idea.
I like the round mount idea but wanted to cut down the rack a bit as I don't plan to carry panniers up front
So, I got out the hacksaw, drill, file and spray paint to wile away an hour or two.
I had a nice piece of plastic tubing from some aero bars I bought and I left prongs on the rack to slip it onto after drilling two holes.
Smoothed off the cuts and recoated with BBQ flat black paint which is a colour match for the rack.
and back on the bike. Now there is no issue with aiming the lights high enough and they can't fall off the end of the mounting pipe.
I used two zip ties to hold the pipe on until I figure out a more elegant solution.
Can you tap the prongs to accept a bolt? Then you could drill a couple of holes in the round section and bolt it on.
Might as well share my own rear blinkie mount. It's a rear rack stay that already had the twist in it. I drilled a hole for the Bontrager rack blinkie mount, bent it about 90°, drilled a hole my seatpost binder bolt would slip through, and cut the excess off at about a 73° angle so it can't rotate either direction once the seatpost is in the frame. I used some rubber handlebar shims to keep it flopping from side to side.
http://i.imgur.com/54vLpB4.jpg