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But wouldnt it be neater to use a short bit of 22mm tube, fit a capillary stop end, drill the stop end M5 and bolt it to the carrier boss with a short M5 caphead screw, preferably with a big washer under the head to spread the load. Actually, do all that in stainless, its better than ID's oneL

Lovely idea. More elegant than my solution.

I like the idea of a twin mount on the front mudguard, but I think I'll run the risk of damage in order to gain rigidity.

However, I did something similar on my swb recumbent. It has a threaded boss in middle of the top , circular face of the front mech mounting post. (no idea why it's there....but there're always more questions than answers) It screws downwards, along the axis of the tube. I took a small length of alloy tube. I drilled an M5 hole from one side and out of the other, across the centre line. I then drilled the hole on one side at M6, which allowed the head of a cap screw to drop through (but not through the lower hole). I positioned the tube on the top of the mech mount tube, across the axis of the bike, with the larger hole uppermost, dropped the hex cap screw (with spring washer) down onto the lower hole, and into the threaded boss. I tightened it all up, ensured that the tube wasn't too long to catch my ankles as I pedalled, and mounted twin lamps, one each side. Very rigid and just where I wanted them.

531colin wrote:Who is going to post the traditional way of getting a seat-post mounting rear light fitted to a carrier with no mountings?
You know the one, short bit of seatpost, cut/file a slot to fit over the alloy rod the carrier is made of (like those rustic clothes pegs the travellers used to try to sell you), bolt through to nip it up. Somebody must have one to photo?

I've done that on the tourer when the old Vista packed up and I wanted to fit a Smart Superflash. It also takes a "Help for Heroes" badge over the top of the light.

More than once I've mounted a speedometer sensor on a fat fork without a mount of sufficient width.
I took a strip of an old tyre, punched holes in it and fixed the sensor with its screws on this. This mounting is not totally rigid, but it's rigid enough to work perfectly.