Originally Posted by Bat56 (Post 11293162)

Anyone try mounting tail lights on the front fork. I'm thinking the left leg will give an adequate angle for drivers behind me (I'm in the us).

I am running a dynohub and this will allow me to keep the wires uber short.

I know I can experiment, but I want to ask here also.

Originally Posted by Bat56 (Post 11293162)

Anyone try mounting tail lights on the front fork. I'm thinking the left leg will give an adequate angle for drivers behind me (I'm in the us).

Originally Posted by cyccommute (Post 11302965)

I tried it once. I didn't like it. Shadows are very elongated and rather distracting. For me, handlebar height and helmet height seem to give the best illumination.

Originally Posted by njkayaker (Post 11305094)

Unless you stick it on a horizontal post, your leg is going to be in the way. Some tail lights are also fairly directional, which makes them quite sensitive to the angle they are mounted at. The fact that the forks turn all the time will make it worse.

The fact that no one does it might be some indication as to how well it works!



He's talking about tail lights, by the way.