Mounting Supernova E3

[Michael Williams]

Hey Group, just wondering if anyone has experience mounting a
Supernova E3 light to a Marks Rack/M12/similar front rack. I looked
at the Boulder Bikes mount
http://www.renehersestore.com/servlet/the-341/Light-Bracket-for-Edelux/Detail
and that seems like a good option. Just wondering what peoples
experiences are. thanks in advance -Mike

[Zack]

I have the supernova with the proprietary "multimount" bolted to the front of my M12.  Works like a charm.

I think Peter White suggests that the E3 is too heavy for most other mounting solutions that are not specifically designed to hold the weight of the light, but ymmv.  

[Steve Park]

The Boulder Bicycles light mount works well for mounting my E3 Pro
(euro mounting tab version) to my M12. I added a 1 cm spacer to move
the light out to the side so the light body clears the rack and the BB
mount arm with room to spare.

fwiw This set up is plenty sturdy even though I right off-road and
subpar roads a lot.

On Apr 25, 1:59 am, Michael Williams <mkernanwilli...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Group,   just wondering if anyone has experience mounting a
> Supernova E3 light to a Marks Rack/M12/similar front rack.    I looked

> at the Boulder Bikes mounthttp://www.renehersestore.com/servlet/the-341/Light-Bracket-for-Edelu...

[Tom Harrop]

I've mounted them on both a Mark's rack and a Nitto mini-front. My methods were a bit kludgey and the aesthetics may displease the rando crowd but I can tell you they work fine.

For the mini-front I bolted the Supernova multimount to the hole in the front tab of the rack. That gives a great light position and I don't think water spray has been a problem because I have the long Berthoud fenders. It's also protected from bumps by the tyre. Photo here. The downside is that it's highly visible when the bike is parked and I'm a bit worried it will get lifted.

On the Mark's I made a little mount by bending some stainless steel. It worked out a quite similar shape to the mount VO sells but obviously heavier (maybe stronger too?). If I'd known about the VO mount before I made it I probably would've just bought one of them. I attached the mount to the right hand rack stay by using a spare daruma bolt, or you can piggy-back it where the stay attaches to the rack (like in this photo). In this case the light is less visible and better protected under the basket, but you have to put up with a bit of tyre shadow.

Good luck, I'd be interested to see some photos when you're done!

[Lynne Fitz]

I did it like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4880093774/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4879487225/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/4879488343/

Custom rack, fork and frame, yes. :-) But the mounting still took a
bit of puzzling out and a trip or two to my favorite old-fashioned
hardware store.

Lynne F

On Apr 25, 7:40 am, Tom Harrop <twhar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've mounted them on both a Mark's rack and a Nitto mini-front. My methods
> were a bit kludgey and the aesthetics may displease the rando crowd but I
> can tell you they work fine.
>
> For the mini-front I bolted the Supernova multimount to the hole in the
> front tab of the rack. That gives a great light position and I don't think
> water spray has been a problem because I have the long Berthoud fenders.

> It's also protected from bumps by the tyre. Photo here<http://flic.kr/p/bvSBMV>.

> The downside is that it's highly visible when the bike is parked and I'm a
> bit worried it will get lifted.
>
> On the Mark's I made a little mount by bending some stainless steel. It

> worked out a quite similar shape to the mount VO sells<http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/lighting/dynamo/vo...> but

> obviously heavier (maybe stronger too?). If I'd known about the VO mount
> before I made it I probably would've just bought one of them. I attached
> the mount to the right hand rack stay by using a spare daruma bolt, or you

> can piggy-back it where the stay attaches to the rack (like in this photo<http://flic.kr/p/aDTmeD>).

[Hayden]

Hey all,

I just received my bike and it came with a Supernova E3 pro and I am also running a Riv Nitto Mark's  M-1 rack.

The light's mount seems to want to only mount on something forward facing, I do not want to mount to handlebars. Right now I have it directly to an upper braze-on on my fork lower then my rack but the light is turned 90 degrees so the beam to not hit the road correctly. Was wondering if anyone found a way to mount this light to a rack or a fork braze on and work correctly.

Thanks

-H

[Tim Gavin]

Hayden-

I assume you are trying to use the full "adjustable gooseneck" mount on the Supernova?  The one that is designed to bolt straight into the fork crown (where the M-1 needs to go)?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y8SpOK-zJgI/TnOA2UFSUhI/AAAAAAAAAE8/c8ChnbJXyjc/s320/dynolight%2B005.jpg

I would replace either the lower or upper bolt of the "gooseneck" mount with a longer bolt (and nut, maybe), and then go into the side of the fork eyelet or rack eyelet.

This guy removed the gooseneck entirely and just bolted the Supernova to the eyelet on the side of his rack.  

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0eCq4sUe7o/Ve9ALbBFYYI/AAAAAAAAnPw/Pc0gcT1ozZs/s1600/IMG_6555.JPG

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[Ginz]

I found this little gadget to be helpful. I had to get a long, stainless M4 bolt with a bunch of spacers, etc. to space my E3 away from the rack far enough.  I was using a Nitto M12-type rack.

http://boulderbicycle.bike/light-brackets/

[Hayden]

So with some help from the LBS this ended up being the solution.

Seems to work out perfectly for my set up.