Im trying to mount my dynamo light to the front rack. I have not ridden the current set up I have but it looks like its going to not hold its position. Besides the Velo Orange and Nitto brackets are there better options out there? Any ideas on a solid mount that will hold its position?

I recall several years ago seeing photos of a DIY bracket someone made by cutting a piece out of a chainring, it was a curved piece of metal with two bolt holes, but it still had the chain teeth on it. Looked weird but probably worked great.

A long rod like you have in the photo might vibrate when you ride, if so that vibration might not be good for the light.

Also, it looks like the back of the light might get tire spray on it when you ride in wet conditions. A lot of dyno powered lights are poorly sealed on back and on the bottom. I think you want your light far enough to the side and high enough so that tire spray is minimized. Maybe you have done that, I can't really tell from the photo. That said, it looks like you have a very good fender setup to aim the water downwards as much as practical.

On a couple of bikes, I made a fork mount. I use it for battery-powered lights, but it would work for hardwire lights like yours.

On this one, I used a copper pipe, but on a couple of them, I used a PVC pipe.




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Bottom photo in this post had something like I was thinking when I made my comment in my previous post about a chainring.
A classy light to go with my vintage steed

But I am pretty sure that I saw one with the teeth still on it.

Thanks for the help. I did not expect the lamp to stay in position with the first set up. I also want to try for a solid mounting solution, light weight and look halfway legit. Tonight, I went down to the coop and found some alloy rack parts.

That is a really classy simple light mount. I'm considering some further changes now.

That looks pretty good. I suspect that the tubing you used is stiff enough that it should not vibrate. And it is far enough to the side that you won't get tire spray onto the back of the light.

Below is my solution where the light holds in place no matter what, including when you flip over the handlebars. The light has changed since the photo was taken, but the mount has not.

Have put many miles on with the new light mount and I am happy with the results.

In OP's original setup, I would mount the light mount tube on the inside of the tab, bend the tubing so it hit the other rack strut, and clamp the two tubes together.
Since the new mount works well, save the idea for the next bike