Ideas for using Busch & Muller tail light without a rack?

[Ash [who works to bike]]

I really liked the B&M dyno tail light and picked it up when I was at Riv the last time.  Its been sitting there for 3 months because I do not have a rear rack.  Looking for ways mount it on seat post, saddle rail or fender (least preferred).

This didn't seem like an unusual need, but Google didn't provide me anything useful. 

[Irving]

B&M sells a saddle rail mount that seems to work. I've thought about this before since I also like the dyno tail light that is meant for the rear rack... unfortunately this precludes you from using any saddle bag.

[Orc]

If your bicycle has rear rack bosses on the seatstays, you can mount it to that with a wire bracket (I use B&M headlight brackets for this.)

If your bicycle has rack/fender bosses at the dropouts, you can mount it with a metal bracket  (a section of aluminum flat stock curved 90 degrees and drilled at both ends.)

If you have a torch, a hourglass boss, and don't care about blemishing the paint, you can braze that boss to the seatstay and then use a wire bracket.

If you have canti or v-brakes, you can use a metal bracket to mount it to one of the canti posts.

(I've done all four of these;  on my handmade frames I put a hourglass boss about 4" up from the dropout and then use a B&M headlight bracket to mount the tail light.)

-david parsons

On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 9:06:15 PM UTC-7, Ash [who works to bike] wrote:

[Jay in Tel Aviv]

I have one that mounts on the seat stay.

[Jay in Tel Aviv]

http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-secula/

[Julian Westerhout]

You might check out the mounting brackets made by Framebuilders Supply. The large mounts your B&M light from the brake bridge -- lightweight, well made, great placement. 

https://framebuildersupply.com/collections/light-brackets

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, IL 

[Ash [who works to bike]]

Thanks Irving!

Something like this is exactly what I was hoping to find.  

[Ash [who works to bike]]

Hi David, these ideas do sound interesting.. except the one that needs a torch.  Do have any pictures of your setup(s)?

[Ash [who works to bike]]

Thanks Jay.  I was going to look for something like this if I couldn't find the mount.

I was sold on the 'LineTec' theory hence wanted to go extra length looking for ways to mount the one I have.

[Ash [who works to bike]]

Thank you Julian.  

If I can't source the one Irving mentioned, these would be great alternatives.  Had no idea such thing existed.  Agreed, one of those will work great for the brake bridge.  Looks like quality stuff.

[Orc]

Yes, as a matter of fact: 

(dropout mount with strip metal bracket)

(rack mount mount)

(brazed on mount up a little ways from the dropout)

(canti post mount; this one is on the fork, but a canti post mount is a canti post mount whether or not it's on the front or on the back of the bicycle.)

The first two have the wiring run inside the frame, the last two have the wiring elegantly ziptied to the frame  (the third is going to have the wiring routed inside the frame after I run it on a couple of longer rides this weekend/monday and can strip it down for painting;  the forth is my xtracycle so the frame is going to be replaced in the next month or so.)

-david parsons