Planet Bike Superflash mounting
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Planet Bike Superflash mounting
Where/how do you have your PB rear flasher mounted?
My rear rack is too high for it to be visibly mounted on the seatpost. There's no adequate spot on the rack to mount it without a creative hardware solution. I had it on my pannier, but it's the sort that has a pull over rain cover, which obscures the light when it's the most necessary. I usually just clip it to the waist of my pants, but that's a pretty inelegant solution.
I've seen some people have them strapped to their helmets, but I can't figure out how. Any ideas?
My rear rack is too high for it to be visibly mounted on the seatpost. There's no adequate spot on the rack to mount it without a creative hardware solution. I had it on my pannier, but it's the sort that has a pull over rain cover, which obscures the light when it's the most necessary. I usually just clip it to the waist of my pants, but that's a pretty inelegant solution.
I've seen some people have them strapped to their helmets, but I can't figure out how. Any ideas?
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rebmeM roineS

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Planet Bike sells plasticware to mount it on the rear of your rack. https://ecom1.planetbike.com/3108.html It's a bit inelegant, but puts the light in a good position. (Usually)
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+1 on the PB mount kit, it's well worth the $5. I had to fabricate a bracket to attach it to an old Blackburn rack with no rear mounting plate, I just used a piece of scrap steel folded over the rear of the rack.
I have a Cannondale rack on my tandem and it has a horizontal plate in the rear. I use the built-in clip and a tiny bungee to keep it from bouncing off.
I have a Cannondale rack on my tandem and it has a horizontal plate in the rear. I use the built-in clip and a tiny bungee to keep it from bouncing off.
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stringbreaker
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Bikes: specialized crossroads hybrid 2006 Raleigh Cadent 2 1971 Schwinn Varsity, 1972 Schwinn Continental, 1977 Schwinn Volare (frame)
The PB after market clip its the easiest solution. Pretty cheesy that PB doesn't include this item in the package with the light. I haven't had one bike where light would clamp in a manner that would not result in losing the light in the middle of the road at about 4:15 a.m. seems like the seat stays on my bikes were not large enough diameter to work with the supplied item without a bunch of shims and another length screw so I bought the clip but next time I need to I'm going to make one.
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+1 on the PB mount kit, it's well worth the $5. I had to fabricate a bracket to attach it to an old Blackburn rack with no rear mounting plate, I just used a piece of scrap steel folded over the rear of the rack.
I have a Cannondale rack on my tandem and it has a horizontal plate in the rear. I use the built-in clip and a tiny bungee to keep it from bouncing off.
I have a Cannondale rack on my tandem and it has a horizontal plate in the rear. I use the built-in clip and a tiny bungee to keep it from bouncing off.
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Bikes: '08 Trek 7.3FX
Do you have a reflector mount on your rack?
Short length of 3/4 PVC. Cut one end at a slight angle. Fender washer. Long screw. Locking nut. Attach that to the reflector mount on your rack.
Strap the seatpost clamp on to that.
Works for me.
Short length of 3/4 PVC. Cut one end at a slight angle. Fender washer. Long screw. Locking nut. Attach that to the reflector mount on your rack.
Strap the seatpost clamp on to that.
Works for me.
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Born Again Pagan
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Dunno how much it would cost to ship to the States, or if you could source it somewhere locally, but if PB is out of stock on the mounts then they are available from MEC (Canada's REI). I have used both the spare bracket kit and the rack bracket. For $3 and $2 respectively you can't beat the price. I recently moved the mount on my wife's bike from her seatpost to the left seatstay to make room for a tag-along hitch. She rides a "commuterized" FS MTB and the seatstays are too fat for the little bracket, but too thin for the seatpost bracket. I had some leftover material from a grip that I cut to fit a grip-shifted bike, and it made the perfect MacGyver gasket to fit inside the seatpost bracket.
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In a pinch, I just use electrical tape to mount PB-like lights like my Radbot 1000, ghetto, but it works. You can mount it to a lot of stuff in very creative ways. Tape is cheap so that's what I do to mount it to my backpack. I trust doubled wrapped electrical tape over the cheap-o mounting brackets that usually comes with these lights.
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From: Maine
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I have mine PC-7ed (epoxied) to my Planet Bike fender. Been there for almost three years now, no issues.
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From: Bergen County NJ & Delaware Shore
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I have threaded a velcro strap used to hold a pair of skis together through the helmet vent holes and just clipped the light to the strap.
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