Lovley Bicycle has a pretty good article on fender lighting, I think it inspired me to take the plunge on that too..Onward with the full set of dynamo lights!
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2011/11/aftermarket-dynamo-lights-clean-look.html On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:17 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone recommended gluing the wire inside the fender with silicone > caulking material -- I guess the idea is that you can more easily > remove it that if using, say, one of those rubbery Goop type > adhesives. Others have pried up the folded-over edge of the fender, > run the wire through, and folded it back over the wire. I think I'd > choose the former. > > As for mounting the 4d lite plus: I always mounted mine high enough so > that the LED looks directly back, even is very slightly uptilted -- > LED rear lights all seem very sensitive to precise orientation, as I > once again discovered when testing a very bright one * on the strap of > the new Sackville. Even a slight downward orientation -- as all seem > to hang when so mounted on saddlebags -- considerably diminishes the > effect when seen at distance from the rear. > > Rick Risemberg of Bicycle Fixations has put tens of thousands of miles > on PB polycarbonate fenders (I think they are PB; at any rate, they > are polycar) with such a light mounted on the rear, PJW's warning > notwithstanding. > > * I forget the name and brand, but it is considerably brighter even > than the PB Superflash. > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Kelly <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Light I'm installing is a Busch & Müller 4D Lite Plus. > > > > I put one of these on a Long Board against recommendations and it seems > to work fine. Bright and more than capable of being the only rear light. > > > > Now I'm ready to put this on my AHH with Berthoud fenders. Anyway I was > looking for conduit to run along the inside of the fender and wondering the > best way to attach wire / conduit to the fenders. > > > > Thanks > > > > Kelly > > > > PS > > Do you know of optimum mounting point for functionality of this light or > .. It appears to point LEDs down a hair indicating a mounting mid way up on > curve of fender. Just my opinion. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/KyABfWdCGiUJ. > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Vote early, vote often, vote Rhinoceros! > http://tinyurl.com/d7muj2t > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
