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Love this! Been musing on making a couple of mounty things for things, and the sturdy mudguard stay wire I have loads of hanging about suddenly struck me as a really useful material.
I can guess the brake bolt end is presumably the pre-looped section of the wire, did you make tight curls at the other end to bolt the light through? If so, how the hell did you bend it? Can you show us a photo from the back?
Skülly-
Didn't take pictures at the time, but see re-enactment.
Firmly secure 2 Allen keys, put the preformed mount of stay over one, and then form the new loop around the other one, easy
Er no, the rod is pretty stiff so you have to push really hard to bend tightly, risking impaling on either Allen key or end of stay when you slip. I chose the sharp strut end , and have a good cut hand now. Second time use mole grips!.
Form the second side. The distance between Allen keys sets the bracket size. Only cut off the extra strut length after making the loops ,you need the leverage. Fiddle around with moles for a while to get each loop flatish and at the right angle for the brake mount
zephyr26
Made this at the weekend for my Supernova rear. Allows the light to be at the right angle and the right height to be just above the highest point of the back wheel. It took three goes to get the length of the the arms correct.
It's made from an SKS mudguard stay and that stuff is much harder to bend to a tight curve than expected but it's now pretty bomproof I think.