Dynamo Lights

Just picked up a revo on Ebay, what's the recommended rear light and mounting solution ?

The exposure one?

Mounting front or rear? If front then this works for me https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16163832/

If rear then just the seatpost one works great with the exposure red eye.

Pretty sure only the exposure rear light works with the Revo as the connectors are not bare wire (needs a make bullet connector) and i think it outputs dc vs ac on other brands.

Tl;Dr just get the exposure red eye with long cable. Works great, brightens light out there, never need to worry

Any help here.

Got a pinnacle arkose (2015) which doesn't have a drilled crown fork. I happened to have a spacer mount for under the bars but there are not enough spacers for the light to not point directly down pretty much.

Turned it upside down and it's got the clearance but the lights not really meant for being upside down

Wondering if there's maybe an extension type mount or anything. All my mounts are fork mount

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Something from here which clamps off the handlebar but lets the light sit below it?

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/front-light-brackets/

Or possibly a carbon steerer expander bung up the bottom of the steerer tube, to use as a mounting point for a bracket

Found an old bar mount from a light I had.

Not pretty, but this bike isn't meant to be. Won't let me have a bar bag though

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Somewhere on here I saw someone put a star nut in the bottom of the steerer tube and clamp to that, but I can't find it anywhere now.

Here's a similar looking method from somewhere else:

Carbon forks don't ever have a hole underneath the crown into the steerer
Modern disc brake ones at least

Saying that, I'm pretty sure that arkose fork has a threaded boss underneath

As does the Enve adventure fork. which says more for the arkose than anything

I had a dynamo light on bar upwards so it can take bar bags too but it requires you have bright AF light as the source is quite high up, in my case it it was E3 triple

IT does indeed. Off to find a mount to stick on there. I'd never had one before. I had these wheels set aside for an Argon 18 Kryton x road and it didn't suit.

You could get a device mount with integrated light hanger? Many available off of Aliexpress, then barbag goes underneath?

Hack over on YACF for the age-old carbon fork with no front mount conundrum:

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=e0f84ab9ee1d83c787cfa12d60348cdf&topic=122421.0

Uses an SKS Veloflexx Bridge

The aesthetics aren't for me, but not a bad hack. I'd tape the forks with electrical / helitape before fitting the bracket though. Also if that thing broke in the middle of nowhere then you're not left with many options.

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Just proves that people on YACF have no eyes

just noticed the yellow valve cap

Perfectly complements argyle socks on long audaxes

Think I've plenty of good suggestions. I've never had a fork with a nut on the underside. Is it remotely structural, so I get a longer nut if I found a good enough mount? This is my preferred place to mount.

It's neat and tidy enough the way I have it, and it's to be seen given it's getting brigher.

Behold!

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V nice! Where from??

Anyone got a cheapo rear dynamo light going spare?

i do; supernova e3 rack mount with VO mount plate

Oh that's a hot piece of metal.
But quite annoying if you wanted to change something.

Love the huge plastic thing bodge from yacf, its so 100% audax style.

RIP CK headset warranty

Got any more deets please? Thanks!

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