How to install tail light to rear rack?
 

My Cateye TL-LD1100 Taillight came with the standard mounts for seat posts and a clipon, but I want to attach it to the back of my rear rack. Any suggestions on how to do that?

Thanks!

Zip ties duct tape, whatever you can think of.

:roflmao: :cry:

That was Plan A and Plan B, both failed miserably.
I'm off to the LBS to get some reflector mounts and see if I can jerry-rig something.

You can buy a clip that is smaller in diameter to attach to the stays on your rack. Or you can drill a hole in the back of your rack and attach an L piece of metal (some racks come with this) and then attach your light bracket to that.

I cut a 1" long piece of 3/4"-1" PVC pipe and bolted it vertically to the mounting bolt hole at the rear of the rack using a large washer at the base to retain it. It acts like a very short section of seatpost and the light's seatpost clamp goes right around it.

If you happen to have an old or sacrificial seatpost, you can use a short section of it the same way.

The TL-LD1000 is set up for use on a reflector bracket without modification...or too much anyway. The only modification that you'll need to do is to drill out the hole for the screw or cut the screw off. It should look like this

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0277.jpg

And be mounted to the rack like this

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0275.jpg

The mounting screw is a little long but if you drill the shell out for it and seal with caulk, it's water proof again.

That's funny! I actually had to look twice to be sure it wasn't a picture of the "winky blinky" mount that I made for my beater bike.

I turned the bracket that was on the rack and bent the L back to it's self and then down.

I made a mount from PVC pipe for the blinkie clamp. All you need is a short section of pipe or a fitting called a coupler that your blinkie clamp will properly clamp on, two finder washers, a 1/4-20 bolt and nut. Make sure the bolt is long enough to allow it to pass through the fender washers, pipe, and rack reflector tab. My cheap Wal-mart blinkie would not index allowing the proper position of the blinkie so it would be level. I had to cut an angle on both ends of the pipe I used so the blinkie could be positioned properly. You can see the angle in my photo.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...u/Hpim0354.jpg

Just posted my solution at this link in the Forum ...

A lot has changed since 2007. You can buy these mounts for the Cygolite Hypershot:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FYIAA...hJ/s-l500.webp
Same thing for Niterider
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aREAA...1b/s-l960.webp
You can either bolt them onto the vertical tang on back of the racks, or if you have a basket you can bolt the mount to the basket (You'll need a flat piece of metal on the other side)
Here is one mounted to my Wald steel rack
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...300ef8ffe.jpeg

BTW if you are not using the Cygolite Hypershot 350 you are wrong.

^ I’ve been using the planet bike version of this for years (maybe even since 2007?).

Cygolite hotshots are great! I have the same rack mount on several bikes:
https://www.modernbike.com/cygolite-...hot-taillights