More headlights

del said:

Had a most excellent ride out today with the Forty Plus CC, but at the
start of it my front, originally reflector, h/light bracket decided to
break off. So am now thinking of replacing this with a BM Lumotec LED
front. NB: not the Lumotec plus standlight, the LED only front.
Anyone here have any experience of it and would like to comment on
it's performance?

If you're talking about the DLumotec Topal - the dynamo-powered job - then
yes. Combining it with the amazing B&M Cheese-o-Metal mounting brackets may
be regarded as a Bad Thing, but as long as it remains firmly attached to the
bike[1] its performance is pretty damn' good. Finding myself alone and
pointless by my mouldering self in the darkened wastelands of the
Hants/Berks border last weekend, I was obliged to rely on one (having left
the auxiliary flattery-powered Cateyes at home on the grounds that there was
no way I'd be finishing a 200 in the dark at this time of year), and was
pleasantly surprised by how little I missed the Cateyes. Not as stoating as
a Solidlight, but less than half the price.

1 - I had one escape during the Invicta 400; the lens cracked and allowed it
to fill with water, to the detriment of performance.

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Dave Larrington
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Never trust a man with more than one moustache.

Dave Larrington said:

del said:

Had a most excellent ride out today with the Forty Plus CC, but at the
start of it my front, originally reflector, h/light bracket decided to
break off. So am now thinking of replacing this with a BM Lumotec LED
front. NB: not the Lumotec plus standlight, the LED only front.
Anyone here have any experience of it and would like to comment on
it's performance?

much better at low speeds, but not as bright at high speeds as the
standard halogen version

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Marten Gerritsen

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www.m-gineering.nl

Quoted message said:

If you're talking about the DLumotec Topal - the dynamo-powered job -
then
yes. Combining it with the amazing B&M Cheese-o-Metal mounting
brackets may be regarded as a Bad Thing, but as long as it remains
firmly attached to the bike[1] its performance is pretty damn' good.

<snip>
Of to the LBS to order one then. The Cheese-o-Metal bracket could be
replaced by the original style metal one, but I'll see how it is first.

M-gineering:

Quoted message said:

much better at low speeds, but not as bright at high speeds as the
standard halogen version

As long as it's around the same brightness as the filament bulb it
replaces I'll be happy.

Thanks all,
--
del 8-)

del said:

Of to the LBS to order one then. The Cheese-o-Metal bracket could be
replaced by the original style metal one, but I'll see how it is
first.

I suspect the Cheese-o-Metal bracket gets more vibration bolted to a
recumbent's front derailleur post than it would attached to the fork crown
of an upright bike. Fatigue would destroy them in 500 km max (the record
was 150 km). The current one is insulated from the frame with a rubber
washer I found in a box in the shed and has stayed in place for (touches
wood) quite some time.

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Quoting Dave Larrington <[email hidden]>:

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yes. Combining it with the amazing B&M Cheese-o-Metal mounting brackets may
be regarded as a Bad Thing,

Anyone got a recommendation for mounting brackets that aren't awfully
fragile?
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Quoting Dave Larrington <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

yes. Combining it with the amazing B&M Cheese-o-Metal mounting brackets
may
be regarded as a Bad Thing,

Anyone got a recommendation for mounting brackets that aren't awfully
fragile?

My front lamp is mounted on the fork blade using a bottle dynamo mount
without the 'mo. 'tis nice and solid.

(gave up on crown mounted brackets - they were just too nasty)

cheers,
clive

David Damerell said:

Anyone got a recommendation for mounting brackets that aren't awfully
fragile?

Having tired of metal mounting brackets fatigue-fracturing after a
couple of hundred miles I fashioned a bracket for my Cateye AU-100 rear
lamp by cutting the corner of a rectangular-section plastic bottle.

It lasted until I had to buy a new rear rack. The new rack had an
integral mounting bracket for the rear lamp which hasn't yet broken.

[touches wood]

Mike

David Damerell said:

Quoting Dave Larrington <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

yes. Combining it with the amazing B&M Cheese-o-Metal mounting
brackets may be regarded as a Bad Thing,

Anyone got a recommendation for mounting brackets that aren't awfully
fragile?

My E6 is attached to the trike's front derailleur post with a Cateye seat
post clamp, and seems to be standing the test of time rather better than
anything B&M have supplied thus far.

SJSC do a CNC machined one, but one should be prepared to mortgage a limb in
order to purchase same.

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Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had
to eat Him.