Mount for light to get it vertical?

Feek · 30 Jun 2018 at 19:49

Does anyone make a bracket that I can use to get this rear light into a vertical position rather than be pointing up in the air?

I guess it would be something which I fix onto the seat stay and provides me a vertical support to mount the light on.

The light itself is a Moon Nebula.

As you can see, I don't have enough space under the saddle to put the light there because I only have little legs and am therefore a low down bum

Thanks.

mattyfez · 1 Jul 2018 at 13:25

Can you move the light a bit further up?
I have a similar light, a cateye one, and it's bright enough that it doesn't really need to be fully vertical as there is light 'bleed' around the edges so you can see it well, but i guess it depends on the light.
Have you tried looking at it in the dark or low light? Try and stand behind the bike from an angle that a car diver would be at and see how visible it is.

Feek · 1 Jul 2018 at 17:43

I can move it up and it's perfectly visible how it is. I'm just a little concerned because it's so bright that it's shining directly into the eyes of car drivers behind when I'm on the road.

Mr Men · 2 Jul 2018 at 21:14

Can't you put it on the saddle bag? sure mine is the same one and has a loop thing to put a light on never tried it right enough so might not be any good.

Feek · 2 Jul 2018 at 21:23

Mr Men said:
Can't you put it on the saddle bag? sure mine is the same one and has a loop thing to put a light on never tried it right enough so might not be any good.

Interesting suggestion - This is the bag and it does say it has a "safety light clip" but I can't see how I'd mount a Moon Nebula to it.

jpaul · 3 Jul 2018 at 10:36

had made a bracket from a mudguard support that hangs over back of saddle bag, which I always have on ... atttaching light mount w/cork to that ... but open to improvements.

Jonny ///M · 3 Jul 2018 at 12:16

If it's a Moon Nebula the bracket should have a screw on it that you want to loosen and then pivot the bracket.

jpaul · 3 Jul 2018 at 15:07

Good idea here http://forums.mtbr.com/lights-night-riding/rear-light-mounting-950507.html#post11794544

This is the way I did it with my magicshine light that uses an o-ring mount

take a piece of flexible sprinkler riser and cut it long enough to span the seat rails

split it lengthwise

notch both halves for the seat rails

use zip ties on both sides to clamp halves to seat rails

... if seat rails are exposed/close to back

Feek · 3 Jul 2018 at 15:10

Jonny ///M said:
If it's a Moon Nebula the bracket should have a screw on it that you want to loosen and then pivot the bracket.

It is and it does. I didn't even spot that, thanks

Hopefully there will be enough tilt there - The bike is being serviced at the moment so I'll check when I get it back later this week.

Roady · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:32

Feek said:
It is and it does. I didn't even spot that, thanks

Hopefully there will be enough tilt there - The bike is being serviced at the moment so I'll check when I get it back later this week.

Did the same with mine, it works ok but doesn't point directly back at cars. I found the Nebula is so bright anyway that it didn't matter as generally have mine on solid and as a secondary light to a flashing main. I 'fattened' the mounts 'ears' with some old inntertube (to protect frame) and some of the plastic spacers that comes with other bar mounted clamps. Then I drilled it a little through the top pivots and got a zip tie through it to hold it tight enough as the O ring wasn't tight enough to stop it flopping or moving around.