I did it like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4880093774/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4879487225/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4879488343/
Custom rack, fork and frame, yes. :-) But the mounting still took a bit of puzzling out and a trip or two to my favorite old-fashioned hardware store. Lynne F On Apr 25, 7:40 am, Tom Harrop <twhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've mounted them on both a Mark's rack and a Nitto mini-front. My methods > were a bit kludgey and the aesthetics may displease the rando crowd but I > can tell you they work fine. > > For the mini-front I bolted the Supernova multimount to the hole in the > front tab of the rack. That gives a great light position and I don't think > water spray has been a problem because I have the long Berthoud fenders. > It's also protected from bumps by the tyre. Photo > here<http://flic.kr/p/bvSBMV>. > The downside is that it's highly visible when the bike is parked and I'm a > bit worried it will get lifted. > > On the Mark's I made a little mount by bending some stainless steel. It > worked out a quite similar shape to the mount VO > sells<http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/lighting/dynamo/vo...> > but > obviously heavier (maybe stronger too?). If I'd known about the VO mount > before I made it I probably would've just bought one of them. I attached > the mount to the right hand rack stay by using a spare daruma bolt, or you > can piggy-back it where the stay attaches to the rack (like in this > photo<http://flic.kr/p/aDTmeD>). > In this case the light is less visible and better protected under the > basket, but you have to put up with a bit of tyre shadow. > > Good luck, I'd be interested to see some photos when you're done! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
