Sounds like waaaay to much messing around for me. I'd rather spend the time riding than trying to
figure out a Rube Goldberg light package. Although it's nice to do things just the way you want
sometimes, I took the easy way out.
I ride a Ryan Vanguard and Duplex, I use a Vistalite Super Nebula 5 on the rear of my rack and two
Vistalite Total Eclipse on the top of my seat frame. I run all of these in flash mode and it is
quite an eye catcher. Once in the fog (wide shoulder luckily) one of the guys from work said he
thought is was a cop car on the side of the rode, I could actually here the traffic slow down.
Although this is not the cheapest way out (about $43 at Nashbar today), it is a small price to pay
to be noticed.
All the lights mounted up reel nice also, only had to shim up the seat frame with some heater hose
for the clamp to fit tight. Rack had a place to mount the Super Nebula so everything came out like a
factory job.
So........ my $0.02 worth........ spend some money, get all or some of the lights above (or
similar), I don't think you will be sorry. And it will help get the economy moving also....... well
maybe not.
Bill Ryan Vanguard, Duplex
"Joshua Goldberg" <
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> Mounts again So far I have come up with only one design that sorta works, but until I either find
> someone to CAD it for me it will remain my secret hehe What it looks like is a T Mending Plate
> (upside down). You drill out 5
holes
> in the plate, 3 for the lamp and 2 for the bolt used to attach it to the bike frame. The lamp
> holes = one in the center so you can use a slot screwdriver to unlock the rear case and change the
> batteries. The other 2 holes
correspond
> to the 2 center magnets...they will drill out easily. You then use a
neprene
> washer, set around the case back hole...case back of the lamp and facing skyward...like the
> locking screw (back) is on the table. You insert the
bolt
> so the flat head of the bolt is on the inside of the case when it is
closed
> and the bolt threads are sticking out and skyward. You repeat this for
both
> bolts. Add a second neoprene washer and add a metal washer too. Then
insert
> the 2 bolts into the mending plate and add 2 more washers and 2 wingnuts
and
> tighten. The top of the mending plate to have 2 holes drilled and you carefully
bend
> the top of the plate till it almost touches the lower part of the plate
and
> the 2 bolt holes are lined up. You slide the bent part over your bent/bike seat back rail and then
> using 2 washers and One bolt....tighten as much as you can...add some rubber to the bent frame to
> reduce movement and scratching the frame.
>
> When I did this (above) it worked fine (till) I hit a bump and the plate moved upward....excellent
> if you wanna be seen by passing aircraft. The workaround this was to use 50 lb. fishing line and
> wrap it around the wingnuts and tie it tight to the seat base...then it stopped moving.
>
> Oh Yeah...IF you want the lamp to face the cars behind you and your seat back is low, bend the T
> to the angle you want.
>
> I really have to work on building a better mount from Aircraft Grade Aluminum...the T Plate I used
> is Steel and weighed more than the lamp.
>
> My Rube Goldberg way of thinking has also made me think that the best and easiest path would be to
> buy a clear plastic case and insert the lamp into this case. The case being fitted with a plastic
> mounting bracket. I have resisted the urge to ask a shop to construct such a case for me..no point
in
> having my sanity questioned too often in one month. hmmmmm are those bars on my windows?
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> "Bill in Indiana" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
>
news:dyR6a.264002$vm2.202882@rwcrnsc54...
> > Their shipping charge makes it more than what you can get it for at
Meijer
> > Dept. Store. (If you have any of those around you) Plus, I have had a hard time mounting it on
> > my Greenspeed. I will have
to
> > make a mount.
> >
> > Bill-West Lafayette IN
> >
> >
>
>
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