Author Topic: Rack Fitting Light Bracket  (Read 4956 times)

Relayer

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Rack Fitting Light Bracket
« on: August 14, 2010, 10:18:27 AM »
I got a bracket to fit a rear light to a rack some time ago, like this one:-
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Hebie-Hebie-ARC-J82S-SL-Universal-Rack-Fitting-Light-Bracket-575.htm
unfortunately the instructions that came with it were little better than useless.  OK it fits onto the rack easily enough, but I cannot see how a Cateye rear light will fit to this bracket.
Anybody else use one of these?  Any tips, or better still a photo of a light fitted would be useful.
Thanks.
Jim

Frank

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Re: Rack Fitting Light Bracket
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2010, 08:58:18 PM »
There's one fitted to a bike in the picture at this link ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdummyberlin/2955039468/in/photostream/
... but I can't say I'm much the wiser!

mikerr

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Re: Rack Fitting Light Bracket
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2010, 09:36:24 PM »
Didn't your Cateye rear light originally come with its own bracket?
I have a Cateye rear light and mine came with something like the one listed below.

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Cateye-Cateye-Bracket-Support-544-0980-for-TL-LD-100-110-120-500-600-AE100-4504.htm

If you bolt that to your Hebie bracket mounted to the back cross rail of your carrier, that could work.

Mike
« Last Edit: August 15, 2010, 09:44:46 PM by mikerr »

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Re: Rack Fitting Light Bracket
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 11:01:50 AM »
Thanks for the replies, useful food for thought.

The bracket at SJSC looks interesting. I have a TL-LD 1100 which is not listed in the description of the bracket, however I cannot trace the existence of a TL-LD 110 either!  I wonder ... maybe next time I am ordering stuff from SJSC I might add that in since it doesn't cost too much.

Some time ago I did buy a Tubus Vega rack using Cateye part CA5342250 to attach the light, however the Tubus is very very high above the rear mudguard, and with it's narrow width a laden saddle bag becomes a bit unstable, and frankly it looks ridiculous. 

I am currently using the B&M light bracket,
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Busch-and-Muller-Busch-and-Muller-Rear-Carrier-Light-Bracket-for-D-Toplight-Light-583.htm 
but it is untidy, the hebie bracket would be neat if the cateye bracket works with the TL-LD 1100.  I will update sometime if that works.