J708

Hey Guys,

So I purchased the WhiteLite™ HP 1W AA by Topeak hoping it would do the job for a powerful headlight.
https://www.topeak.com/products/Light...teHP1WAA_black

The headlight works great in terms of power but the handlebar mount is horrible as it keeps tilting forward while I am riding on cobble stones.

I placed a role of thick tape between the bar and the mount and it worked for one session and then started becoming lose again as the memory foam took the shape of the tape I placed

May anyone kindly give me any permanent or long term fix for this issue as I am quiet bummed for picking up the most expensive headlight on the shelf at the time of purchase and have been let down with the product.

Thanks!

PaulRivers

I don't know much about that light and don't hear about it much around here. Have you tried contacting topeak? I've heard of other lights including specific grippy tape with them for the bars (like the Light and Motion Taz).

fietsbob

If you had offered a Link to what you are talking about Id stand a chance of Guessing.. a better solution


My B&M Ixon IQ2 has a handlebar band mount that is adjustable for varios sized bars , yours may be too but you cant figure it out.

J708

here is the light im talking about

TopeakŪ Cycling Accessories ? Products - WhiteLite? HP 1W AA, Black

BugDude

cut a 1" piece from an old piece of water hose. Make a slit in it so you can wrap it around your handlebar. Now place the bracket on over the water hose and tighten it down. Depending on the size of the bracket and the size of your handlebar, you may need a second piece of water hose with a slight overlap. I did this on my cell phone mount and it hasn't budged a single millimeter in over 800 miles.

J708

Thank you very much buddy!

I was googling my crappy headlight last night seeing if anyone was facing the same issues I was. Negative reviews on how weak and brittle the plastic mount is just kept coming up, but nothing on how stable the mount is. Light is great but everyone is frustrated with how such light can be so powerful yet have the worst quality mount.

Anywho, I will try the water hose method tonight once I try a double tape method I saw online. If my mount eventually breaks I'll just use the headlight as a emergency flashlight in the car and order a rubber mount headlight based on recommendations on here.

BugDude

If the plastic mount breaks you could always figure out a way to use a metal hose clamp (the kind you tighten down with a screwdriver). You could keep the top piece attached to the light and JB Weld the metal hose clamp to it. That's a little redneck engineering, but would git-r-done.

J708

with the right metal hose clamp i think thats all i need to make this sumbeach work and stop giving me trouble and ruining my cycling sessions.

thanks once again bugdude.

2manybikes

Cut an old tube into the shape of the tape you used. Start by taping one end of the tube to the bars with Scotch brand electrical tape(other brands move and lose traction eventually. Wrap the tube around the bar until it is thick enough,
then hold the end in place with some tape just well enough to hold it still when you put the light on. This method
allows you to make the shim the thickness you need for your light and bars. This allows more crushing of the shim for better traction, tape does not spring back the way rubber tubes do.

fietsbob

So, have you looked at the mount itself, yet? it may have a Screw you remove to find a way to shorten the mounting band underneath.

Or some other way to make the band adapt to the several diameters that handlebars are produced in, these days.

it appears they have a way to do that with the mount band with a few included parts. shorter and longer lower bands and rubber pads..

https://www.topeak.com/products/Lights/tms_sp87

J708

wow. thanks for the detailed explaination. looks like you just gave me the ultimate permanent solution. I will def try it over and weekend and see how it goes. For now I have used double sided tape which seemed to work perfect for todays 35KM session. However, Im pretty certain my quick lazy fix method is temporary.

I shouldve mentioned that I tried the shorter mount earlier and it was way too short to wrap around the handlebar. The funny thing is my topeak turning knob is much smaller than what they show you on the website which makes it a hassle to turn unless I wanna keep using the L key. I have a feeling that I either got an older version or a newer version the factory has begun manufacturing with possibly a better quality of plastic. I do approx 100KM on the bike a week so I hope it holds up for a year or two. Believe it or not the rubber pads that are paced inside the mount are pathetic and really do nothing since they are not fixed. All in all great headlight but a joke for a mount.