I agree with the rant, but: the Nitto Mini and the Mark's rack both have tabs on the front on which one can affix a fork-mount light.
It's pictured on the Riv page for the Luxos U Dyno light (2nd, 3rd, 4th pics): http://www.rivbike.com/Busch-and-Muller-Luxos-U-Headlight-p/ltd-11.htm (I think some light aficionados have said that one should only mount German-made lights to the fork crown position, because that's how they're designed!) If you'd like to mount the light to the side struts... you're on your own. But there seem to-be quite a few options for after market light arms/brackets, and Edelux even comes in upside-down mount. You could always go custom. On Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:46:32 PM UTC-4, Jan Heine wrote: > > I agree with the rant – it shouldn't be that hard to use your bike at > night. > > There actually are standards for lights. For example, all the German > lights use an M6 bolt, and the bases are the same width. They mount to > standard brackets that go on the fork crown. The bracket sandwiches the > light, so you can adjust the light's angle by hand without loosening the > bolt. As long as you use canti, V-brakes or discs, the fork crown is wide > open. The rear light goes on the rear fender. Whether these are the best > locations is a different matter, but if you have a German city bike and > want to switch from a IQ Cyo to an Edelux, it's a simple swap. > > It's the same with derailleurs on our bikes. Yes, putting the derailleur > on the outside of the rear dropout isn't ideal – the hanger tends to bend > when the bike falls over – but they all are the same, and switching from > Shimano to Campy is a snap today, unlike in the old days when Campy, Huret > and Simplex each had their own dropouts with different derailleur hangers. > > We run into problems if our bikes aren't designed for derailleurs or > lights. Then we have to get creative. And the results are often > sub-optimal. Just like with cars, where the add-on fog lights tend to fall > off, rotate or have unintended consequences (engines overheating because > the lights block the radiator). The headlights that come with the car > rarely have any issues... > > The beauty of a bike that is designed from the onset for lights is that > you don't have to think about them. If they are well-designed, they are > just there, ready to be switched on when you need them. > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > 2116 Western Ave. > Seattle WA 98121 > http://www.bikequarterly.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > > > > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:20:52 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: >> >> +1 on that rant. Shouldn't have to buy a rack to make a light work. >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
