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Can anyone share their experience with a rear rack mounted tail light? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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I've got a new rack for my bike, and while I have the option to swap in the large rear reflector from my old one, I'd like to get a mounted light instead.

I'm currently using either clip on or strap mounted lights, and take them off my bike when not in use, so they don't get stolen or to recharge them.

I like the idea of a more permanent light on the rear rack.

Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated. Currently looking at the "Planet Bike Grateful Red" light.

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[–] IntlLawGnome@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have an ebike that comes with a rear light affixed permanently to the rear of the frame. I think it would be more trouble than it's worth for a thief to steal, since it's wired to the electronic components and the connector is not situated in an obvious spot.

But I still get nervous about leaving the bike unattended for too long, lest someone get any ideas. Heck, someone actually broke into my storage locker a couple of weeks ago and just broke the affixed front light off my bike, not to steal it but just to be a dick. (They'd probably have taken the bike itself if I'd left the battery on it.) So now I use an old strap-mounted front light.

All this to say, I think the advantages of strap/clip-mounted light outweigh the advantages of an affixed one. But YMMV.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, vandalism would piss me off as much as theft would. Perhaps I should just put the rear reflector on and keep using what I've been using for a rear light 😂