Mounting a front light to a front rack
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Mounting a front light to a front rack
Hello everyone -
I'm getting ready for my first tour...we're riding down the West coast of the US. I'm new to the world of racks and just acquired a Jandd Extreme Front Rack (https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FREXT). Seems like it aught to do the trick.
Anyhow, in my effort to regain real estate on my handlebars, I'd like to mount a light to the front of my front rack. There are even 2 little holes on the front of the rack (I think they're intended for an "L" bracket to hold a reflector) that should work.
I'm just not having ANY luck finding a light that I can put there. I can probably rig up some PVC pipe, attach it to an L bracket and strap a handle bar light on that, but I'd rather not.
Anyone have experience doing this? Ideas and thoughts are welcome.
Thanks much (in advance)!
David
Seattle
I'm getting ready for my first tour...we're riding down the West coast of the US. I'm new to the world of racks and just acquired a Jandd Extreme Front Rack (https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FREXT). Seems like it aught to do the trick.
Anyhow, in my effort to regain real estate on my handlebars, I'd like to mount a light to the front of my front rack. There are even 2 little holes on the front of the rack (I think they're intended for an "L" bracket to hold a reflector) that should work.
I'm just not having ANY luck finding a light that I can put there. I can probably rig up some PVC pipe, attach it to an L bracket and strap a handle bar light on that, but I'd rather not.
Anyone have experience doing this? Ideas and thoughts are welcome.
Thanks much (in advance)!
David
Seattle
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I've mounted a lumotec lamp to my Jandd extreme. They can be powered by a Schmidt dyno hub, or there's a sidewall generator version as well.
Depending upon the current light you have, you may be able to fudge something together. The "L" bracket is a good idea, similarly, if using a standard cateye lamp-you can screw the quick release portion onto the rack directly.
As an aside, consider how much rididing you will be actually doing in the dark/foul weather. If it might be minimal, perhaps consider just keeping a quick release battery operated handlbar type, at hand in a pannier. For more bar mount space options there are those attachable bars (Minaura & Nitto make some) as well.
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Depending upon the current light you have, you may be able to fudge something together. The "L" bracket is a good idea, similarly, if using a standard cateye lamp-you can screw the quick release portion onto the rack directly.
As an aside, consider how much rididing you will be actually doing in the dark/foul weather. If it might be minimal, perhaps consider just keeping a quick release battery operated handlbar type, at hand in a pannier. For more bar mount space options there are those attachable bars (Minaura & Nitto make some) as well.
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