Originally Posted by karmalaundry
mechBgon, congrats on the light and thanks for the awesome idea! I've got a Cateye 1000 right now, but was thinking about stepping it up a notch, or five.
I'm wondering what you had to put more work into though, the wiring (getting it ready so that it could plug into the battery), or the mount? I'm thinking that the only place I'll be able to put one on my MTB will be mounting it to the seatpost.
The wiring is a cinch, can you do basic soldering? If so, get the Nova, and solder this plug to the black & red wires:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...tId=2062132&cp
Then plug it into the rechargeable battery in this kit. To change the firing mode, you just brush the end of the blue wire against the battery's red wire momentarily to flip from mode to mode:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family
The mount was a matter of brainstorming a location for the darn thing. If you want to do a seatpost mount, you might want to get a Whelen TIR3 instead, in the vertical-mount variant:
http://strobeguy.safeshopper.com/80/2288.htm?39 I haven't personally tried the Whelen yet, but I'm sure it's awesome too. And with the vertical mount, you could just get slightly artsy-craftsy with a regular stainless-steel rear rack extender and a couple of nylon reflector brackets from the local bike shop.
One thing about these, they're fearsomely powerful (duh) so having it mounted too high could be real hard on people in a small car if they're right behind you in a left-turn lane or something.