Front light bracket for Nitto Campee 27 rack?

Bill Rhea

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Jan 31, 2019, 5:07:46 PM1/31/19

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I ordered one of these racks for more weight-bearing capacity than the Nitto cantilever mini rack I've been overloading all these years....

However, in doing so I'm losing the flat, drilled mounting spot that used to be on the Riv version of this rack.

Anybody have any suggestions for how to mount a generator headlight on one of the rack struts? The neato little Nitto brackets on the Riv website won't work because the rack doesn't have bolted-in struts.

I've seen some bike on the Riv Intstagram account with this rack and a front generator light, but couldn't quite make out how they were mounted.

Thanks (in advance) for any ideas y'all may have.

-br

Wally Estrella

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Jan 31, 2019, 5:19:41 PM1/31/19

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Bill,

I made up a bracket to hold my Sinewave Beacon. I'm pretty sure I have an extra or two -need to dig it out from the box it's in. That box is in another box, in a bin, in a closet. Now, which closet? https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5HEzsBWAe/

If you want one, FREE, just hit me w/ a direct email w/ mailing address. Note NDS or DS.

CHEERS!

Wally

Bill Rhea

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Jan 31, 2019, 5:41:36 PM1/31/19

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Hi Wally!

How kind of you to offer this! Looks like a super-clean mounting. However, it looks like there is a mounting hole on that particular rack.

UPDATE: As I take another look at this rack on the SOMA fabs site (https://store.somafab.com/nica27tora7.html), it turns out there IS a mounting hole already brazed onto the right-hand strut. Haven't gotten the rack yet, so I'm not sure if it's threaded or not, but a mounting place it is!

That said, I really like how high up you've positioned the light on your bike; I also want it to skim the underside of the basked I'm going to put on the rack. I may need to booger with it a bit to see what I can do to accomplish this.

Thanks again for the offer, I'll be in touch should I need to take you up on this (and to let you know how it went regardless).

Cheers,

-br

DarinM

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Jan 31, 2019, 9:23:50 PM1/31/19

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Hey Bill,

Here's a not-so-elegant, but functional and easy solution in case the height of your light interferes with your basket.

Darin

Mike Godwin

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Feb 1, 2019, 1:44:25 AM2/1/19

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On Soma website, the have bracket-y foodada that may fill your light mounting needs
mike SLO CA

Mike Godwin

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Feb 1, 2019, 1:47:55 AM2/1/19

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Oh, use small p-clamps. Velo Orange has some strut daruma type bolts for using on struts. And Riv has a slotted daruma style bolt as well.
Mike SLO CA

Will Rhea

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Feb 1, 2019, 3:40:33 PM2/1/19

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Ah, some artful, gentle persuasion has been applied here.... I like it!

-br

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Will Rhea

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Feb 1, 2019, 3:47:29 PM2/1/19

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Foodadas are good 👍, thanks Mike

This rack arrives today, so I haven't seen it up close yet. It its photo, however, looks like there is some kind of eyelet on the RH strut. I've got a feeling I'll be able to make a bracket out of some old rack hardware....

Cheers,

Bill, Napa CA

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 10:44 PM Mike Godwin <spoke...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Soma website, the have bracket-y foodada that may fill your light mounting needs
mike SLO CA

Neil Doran

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Feb 1, 2019, 3:47:56 PM2/1/19

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Yes, the 27f has a threaded 'ear' on the right side that accepts a standard bolt. I used the Nitto mount that Riv sells and used a nylon-insert nut on the inside to keep things tight. Works great.

Will Rhea

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Feb 1, 2019, 3:50:32 PM2/1/19

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Thanks Neil!

Bill, Napa CA

On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 12:47 PM Neil Doran <neil.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, the 27f has a threaded 'ear' on the right side that accepts a standard bolt. I used the Nitto mount that Riv sells and used a nylon-insert nut on the inside to keep things tight. Works great.

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Mike Godwin

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Feb 1, 2019, 9:54:15 PM2/1/19

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Doodad typed on the same phone as foodad.
mike "touch space challenged" SLO CA

Will Rhea

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Feb 4, 2019, 2:20:45 PM2/4/19

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Ah geez, don't even get me started on my gorilla fingers on an iPhone keyboard....

I got the new F27 rack installed this weekend, using the neato Nitto lamp bracket thingy. Rack and light installation turned out great!

Thanks everybody for the tips,

Bill, Napa CA

On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 6:54 PM Mike Godwin <spoke...@gmail.com> wrote:

Doodad typed on the same phone as foodad.
mike "touch space challenged" SLO CA

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