CR members,
I just wanted to let any other list members know that I also make and sell another version of the Nitto skewer light mount, mine is made of thinwall 4130 steel, hand machined and TIG welded by me in Portland Oregon. If others need these I can sell them to you directly at a CR discount verses the usual Ebay rate, just email me directly.
Ebay item # 250373506023
http://ebay.com/
Have fun,
Erik Reese Portland Oregon
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:43:00 -0800
> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [CR] Lights and handlebar bags
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <aldoross4@siscom.net>
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> A couple of weeks ago I posted pics of the Romic touring bike,
including a Carradice boxy bag on a Nitto bag rack. One of the problems
with a setup like this is the bag is carried higher than with a bag on a
front rack with decaleur. This can create a problem with a front
light. A bike with a handlebar bag of this type usually won't have a
front rack, so one can't mount the light on the rack. And the problem
with a bar-mounted light is the beam is partially blocked on the bottom
by the bag.
>
> A CR member who saw the pics and realized the problem before I did
recommened a Low Down Light Mount from Velo Orange. This replaces the
nut on the hub QR and provides a mount for a light just above the hub
axle. There are two verisons, one for mounting a handlebar light and
another for a typical dynamo light. Velo Orange didn't really invent
this, since Nitto has made them in the past and Bruce Gordon sells a
tailight mounted in this way, though I don't believe Bruce offers a
front light. But they seem to be the most convenient source for such a
mount for a front light. They also sell and recommend the Cateye
HL-EL530, which they say is the best and brightest reasonably priced
battery light available.
>
> So I bought a couple of Low Down Mounts and a couple of EL530's. Now
I have to confess I bought the lights from another source that had a
significantly better price, but hey, I bought two Low Down Mounts from
VO at the not inexpensive $25 each, and threw in a couple of DT barcon
stop sets and and Spanninga rear dynamo light with standlight in the VO
order, perhaps to ease my conscience.
>
> Got the lights yesterday and the mounts today. The Cateye EL530
really is amazingly bright for a fairly compact light with internal AA
batteries. In fact, so bright I was a bit concerned it might distract
auto drivers if mounted on the bars and angled a bit high to clear the
handlebar bag. I had intended to use two El530's, one on the bars, one
on the Down Low mount. But after installing one on the Down Low Mount,
I reinstalled the older bulb (as opposed to LED EL530) Cateye light on
the bars as shown it the pics I had posted. This gives a higher light
to catch drivers' attention, but not distract them too much, while the
lower brighter light illuminates the road. Tested this after dark and
it seems a very nice setup. Highly recommended, expecially when a
handlebar bag limits the angle of a bar mounted light. Many thanks to
the CR member who recommended the Low Down Mount for this bike.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>