With the Campee Classic: I think you could use a long centerpull brake arm (or any of the currently-marketed adapters) to raise the light quite a bit from the strut eyelets.
You could also mount the light on the handlebar, if you're not planning on putting a large bag or basket on the top rack platform. But the Campee Classic is heavier than a separate Mini Front rack and lowriders. Personally, I'd recommend a Tubus Tara underneath a Mini Front. I used a Campee Classic on my Riv Road/650b on last year's RAGBRAI. Since then, I've changed it out for a Mini Front, holding a Banzer/Treetop rando bag and a Luxos U out front. I'll add a Tara when I want to add panniers. With those Seattle Sports panniers, how do they lock to the rack? I can see that they have J-hooks up top and some kind of toggle hook down low. Do you twist that toggle hook thing to jam it against a rack tube? I don't understand how these panniers don't bounce themselves free. Cheers, Tim On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all. > > I'm considering a Nitto Campee front rack > <http://www.benscycle.com/p-2096-nitto-campee-front-rack-700c.aspx> for a > new Riv I'll be building up. I really like this idea of this rack (the > removable pannier attachments), but here's my predicament: I also want run > a Luxos-B <http://www.rivbike.com/German-Headlight-p/ltd-10.htm>, which > Riv recommends center-mounting above the tire because of its wide light > throw. The Campee rack only has a side light mount. Does anyone know of a > light mounting solution for the curved front-center area of the rack? > > I'm pretty sure I'd like to run a Luxos-B, so am I forcing the idea of the > Campee rack? > > My panniers are Seattle Sports > <http://www.seattlesportsco.com/bike/rain-rider-pannier.html> Rain Riders > (btw, underrated panniers)—not Riv—so I worry they won't mount well on > Riv's hub area hoop rack which seems kinda proprietary. If they did, I'd > just use that in combination with a Mini Front rack. This would be another > nice, versatile setup... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
