New light bracket

[joy]

Husband made a new light bracket for me. Now I can use camera and or plain light without having to exchange brackets.

 

[cpml123]

Wow good work! Is it complicated to make?

 

[benphyr]

Hi Joy,
Any chance you have some pictures of the bracket without the bike and/or light so I can copy it? or some dimensions and mounting instructions? (Not demanding am I?) (by the way The QX100 is starting to get a workout on the trainer, soon to go outside if Spring comes.)
Cheers,
Ben.

 

[joy]

It was made out of aluminum stock and a wooden dowel. Screwed to the bar under the bottom bracket. Just enough room to put the light on. Didn’t take long. Dowel is about 1 1/8”, holder about 2” and bracket about 4 1/4”. The picture shows it mounted on the S40. This picture shows the parts which are going on the V20. The light is mounted on a dowel attached to the plate on the boom with a long screw. Happy riding!

 

[benphyr]

Thanks Joy.

 

[paco1961]

New front light bracket. turned down a piece of aluminum rod, added threaded insert and a little knurling and, presto. alert viewers might notice that the niterider 700 mounting bracket is reversed. took a touch of doctoring but now I don’t just light up my feet on a night ride. Total project time about 30 minutes

 

[jond]

Wow got to love all access pass to a lathe. Super job.

Footflash is annoying at best and over a night ride can become a dangerous distraction.

 

[bladderhead]

I have no lathe, just a shed full of old light brackets, mirror brackets, rack parts etc.

Footflash sounds like something Aussies do in thongs.

 

[paco1961]

Alas, don’t have my own metal lathe but do have a good minister, lathe owning, bike geek friend . . . Who loves to tinker as much as I do