Patrick, unfortunately I am not the right person to answer your question. The 1st gen Magnic Lights I have are more similar to the current "Wega" line than "Micro" line, in that it is not associated with the brakes at all, except to use the cantilever brake stud as a mounting point. You can see that from this pic <https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/078fbad/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1280!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Farchive%2Fmagnic-light-ic-4.jpg> from the review I've cited; the light attaches to a bracket that's bolted to the cantilever boss/stud.
If you're adding a Magnic Light to a disc brake bike, you should more properly select the "Wega" line. Those clamp onto seat stays or fork blades, and are completely independent of any brake type. Finally, I would be surprised if the rim brake pads are proprietary. It appears that the proprietary part is the brake pad holder. Even if the holders are a bit odd shaped, I'm sure one can modify generic brake pads to fit, because cutting/trimming pads shouldn't be difficult, especially if one has a Dremel tool. Good luck! On Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 9:58:18 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > Benz: If you want the Magnic tail lights for cantilever brakes, are you > locked in to their proprietary brake pads? IOW, is there a way to use the > Magnic tail lights with Kool Stop salmon canti pads? > > Also, do you know, or does anyone else know, if you can rig up the tail > lights without using the rim brake pads, this for disk-braked wheels? > > I have wired-in tail lights on my 2 dynamo-powered bikes, but a pair of > bright and steady failsafe rear lights as a backup to my dynamo tail lights > instead of a battery powered backup is intriguing. > > Thanks, Patrick > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM Benz Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> …. If I have to do it again, I would skip the front lights (again, mine >> are 1st gen versions) but I would instead buy a few more of the rear lights >> instead of rear blinkers. The prices of decent quality rear blinkers are >> not that different from Magnic Light singles. >> > >> TLDR: They're good. Buy the rears. >> > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/df0eb944-00b5-4b0f-a009-2ef807535a03n%40googlegroups.com.
