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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: A small piece of metalwork - mounting an Aura 100 lamp on the
 fork
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 09:42:28 -0500
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On 6/2/2024 2:43 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
> Due to the large Ortlieb Classic on the handlebars, there is no sensible
> mounting position for the Aura 100*) on my current road bike.
> 
> <https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/pic/fahrrad/20240303/P1105267.jpg>
> 
> 
> However, the fork blades each have three threaded bushes at the usual
> distance, which are suitable for lowriders or three-point bag holders.
> As I couldn't find a commercially available mountable lamp base, the
> only option was to make my own. I passed on a similarly constructed
> holder I bought decades ago, which was attached to a fork tube with a
> steel strap, to one of our children and it is still in use. But I
> wouldn't have been able to use it on the carbon fork anyway.
> 
> So I built my own.
> 
> <https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/pic/fahrrad/licht/aura100mount.jpg>
> <https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/pic/fahrrad/licht/aura100mount_P1350845.jpg>
> 
> 
> My attachment for the fork consists of a bent section of an aluminum
> flat profile, a section of an aluminum tube, a washer made of sheet
> steel and a matching screw with hexagon socket that connects the tube to
> the flat profile. To ensure that it holds without gluing, I shaped the
> flat profile (bent it several times) so that it protrudes into the tube.
> Finally, I cut a thread in the middle to match the screw. The thread
> will perhaps get some thread locking adhesive, but I haven't yet decided
> whether I will replace the screw with one with a flatter head and
> whether I will glue the steel washer and the profile in place.
> 
> I don't expect to use the lamp very often, but it is reassuring to be
> able to use it properly when it is needed. The whole construction is
> easier to mount than a bottle cage, using a small hexagonal wrench and
> two screws.
> 
> 
> 
> *) <https://sigmasport.com/product/aura-100-blaze-link/>
> 
> 
> 

Nice piece!

I use reflector mounts usually because I have buckets of them.

http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfromthepast/SPORTLMP.JPG
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Andrew Muzi
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