I think the writer was referring to the metal bracket that fastens to the bike, not the plastic part that wraps around the body of the light.
FWIW, I haven’t had any troubles with the IQ-X lights I’ve installed on two different bikes. The plastic part seems plenty strong, given that the unit itself is very lightweight. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > On Dec 29, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Peter White <peterjwh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We received a shipment of IQ-X just two weeks ago. I just checked one from > that shipment. There's been no change to the mount. > > Peter White > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Anton Tutter <atut...@gmail.com > <mailto:atut...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Your IQ-X has a metal mounting bracket? I wonder if they changed the design > from the first production units. Mine (an early one) has a one-piece split > plastic mounting ring with plastic tabs. Can you take a picture of yours? > > Anton > velolumino.com <http://velolumino.com/> > > > On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 2:21:32 PM UTC-5, William deRosset wrote: > The lens/reflector cover is plastic. If it is like the Cyo lenses, it will > survive winter fine. It will eventually get scratched and yellow from > environmental exposure. However, a headlight restoration kit from the auto > parts store will fix it right up, based on my experience with the Ixon and > Cyo reflector covers. In the case of the Cyo, the cover generally outlasted > the plastic mounting ear for the light. The IQ-X has a metal mounting > bracket, which solves the only substantive problem I had with the Cyo N. > My long-awaited Kelpie will use the IQ-X headlamp as part of the integrated > lighting system (along with a Sinewave/Velo-lumino switch and power supply). > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > Peter White > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
