A variety of ways to mount a headlight to a bicycle rack
I spent some time on Saturday experimenting with different headlight mounts on my bike racks.
This is the first attempt. It is just a M5 eyelet on one of the rack stays. Nitto uses something like this on the M12:
It’s a basic but functional solution. The small piece of flat stock gives one a lot of options for where to actually put the light. It looks pretty ugly though. The best part about the light mount on this rack are the three loops for managing the front cable. No zipties here! They are made from rollers pulled from a worn out bicycle chain.
On my convertable Porteur Rack I played with two different options. The first (no light mounted to it in these photos) is a pretty basic design that is easy to make. I just used some 5/16″ tubing with a perpendicular piece at the end for the light’s mounting bolt.
I also need a mount on this bike which is farther back so that it doesn’t interfere with the front wheel hook on a Sportworks bus-mounted bicycle rack. I thought of a nicer and more simplistic option here. I used the shaft from a nail (about 3mm in diameter) and put a 5mm eyelet on the end of it. Minimalistic and functional, I like it.
While I had the torch out I filled in all of the vent holes on my front rack with small nails and brass. That was a lot of work, but now there is no way for water to get in:
