Best light on seat stay

[robert17]

People, have we any recommendations for a seat stay fitting rear light? I'd be very grateful. Thank you. Robert.

[Nicholas]

A bit more information is probably needed to make a recommendation, for example: your budget, power source, features required etc.

[Jdsk]

Removable battery, USB, or dynamo?

Thanks

Jonathan

PS: Our removable lights now nearly all use Cateye fittings, the interchangeability is often helpful.

Edit: Crossed post.

[roubaixtuesday]

Removable battery, USB, or dynamo?

Thanks

Jonathan

PS: Our removable lights now nearly all use Cateye fittings, the interchangeability is often helpful.

Edit: Crossed post.

Another cateye fan here, I use their fittings for seatpost/seatstay/ rear rack on different bikes and swap between.

[robert17]

Okay. Certainly not dynamo and fairly standard. Budget may push to £60. Thank you.

[NickJP]

Two lights I have that came with seat stay mounts are Smart Trail 80 (uses AAA batteries) and Cygolite Hypershot 350 (USB rechargeable). I bought the Smart lights from Merlin - can't remember where I got the Cygolite. The Smart is much cheaper, but the Cygolite is much brighter - it's so bright that you wouldn't want to use it on a bunch ride, as riders behind you will be complaining about being dazzled.

Both lights have pretty good runtime, like several three or four hours rides on a charge.

[roubaixtuesday]

Okay. Certainly not dynamo and fairly standard. Budget may push to £60. Thank you.

I think this bracket is the one I have on my mtb seat stay. Then you can use any cateye light

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/lighting-sp ... t-1834-mm/

[Jdsk]

Doh! I thought that I'd already asked about the diameter of the stay...

Jonathan

[Eyebrox]

The Cateye Viz lights numbered 100 to 450, based on lumens and costing from £16 to £39 come with the SP-15 bracket which allows for fitting to a wide range of seat stays, including fine aero stays.

[JohnR]

I've had no problems fitting Lezyne rear lights on my seat stays. However, it's best to have one which is bright and provides a wide angle beam as it's facing upwards at an angle and not straight back.

[Nicholas]

Cateye rear lights are pretty good and the range should suit most budgets. A bonus is that some of them run for ages on regular, replaceable batteries.

[Brucey]

I think almost any rear light can be fitted to the seat stays, using a 'p' clip and a suitable bracket. How keen are you?

[Carlton green]

People, have we any recommendations for a seat stay fitting rear light? I'd be very grateful. Thank you. Robert.

Sorry if I’m being a pedant but might you (please) change the thread tittle please to ‘best’ rather than ‘rest’; IIRC it’s possible to alter the title in the original post, but if not then maybe ask a mod to help. Clear tittles usually get better responses.

[cycle tramp]

I think almost any rear light can be fitted to the seat stays, using a 'p' clip and a suitable bracket. How keen are you?

Following Brucey's post, here's my example. The rear lamp is dynamo powered, it's bolted to a nylon bracket off a reflector which is then bolted to a Sanyo clamp I found at my local 'recycle-a-bike' charity workshop. There's a rubber strip between the clamp and seat post to stop it from slipping down.

[robert17]

Forgive me, predictive text. Thank you.

People, have we any recommendations for a seat stay fitting rear light? I'd be very grateful. Thank you. Robert.

Sorry if I’m being a pedant but might you (please) change the thread tittle please to ‘best’ rather than ‘rest’; IIRC it’s possible to alter the title in the original post, but if not then maybe ask a mod to help. Clear tittles usually get better responses.