Since my Rambouillet and Disc Trucker commuter favor rear bias loading I like the fender mounted dyno lights. My Nelson Longflap (daily on commuter, with to Ram for road trips) would cover anything on the seatpost or seat tube.
My big saddle bag has a place for a clip-on tail light. My daily precaution is the fender dyno light and the clip-on in steady mode. The Compass seat tube fixture and tail light go on my list of excuses to look at new frames. I'm sure I'll be adding to that list over this winter. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 2:40:30 PM UTC-4, Reed Kennedy wrote: > > I have a dynamo fender mounted tail light on my MAP. Unlike Eric's > experience, Mitch was apparently able to get the wire inside the rolled rim > of the Honjo fender. Worth noting that this bike uses a SON SL hub and > setup, so negative is grounded to the frame and the wire in question is a > thin single wire. > > I personally don't like this light positioning terribly much. The light > ends up only a foot or two off the ground. Not high enough up to be seen by > cars in heavy traffic, in my opinion. It also adds strain to the fender. > Mine cracked just above the light. > > On my newer Fitz custom I went with a Compass seat-tubed mounted light, > which I much prefer. It is more visible, better protected from damage, and > leaves the fender unloaded and uncluttered. It also looks better to my eye. > > On my city bike I used the SON rear light marked as "New for 2015" on > Peter White's site: > http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt-tl.php > > It was designed to mount on a seatpost. I put mine toward the top of the > seat tube between the seat stays instead, in the same location as the > Compass light on my Fitz. Works a treat! > > > Best, > Reed > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Tom Norton <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Anyone had any experience with the above type light? >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
