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Message started by Bud_Bent on Mar 24^th, 2014, 8:33pm

Title: What are these for?
Post by Bud_Bent on Mar 24^th, 2014, 8:33pm

Does anyone know what these bolts and threaded holes on the bottom of the F5 boom are for? They're not spaced right for a bottle holder (not that a bottle holder would work there anyway, but that seems to be the usual spacing for anything that bolts on a bike).

http://i.imgur.com/FU0OvKh.jpg

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by dd5339 on Mar 24^th, 2014, 8:43pm

Here you go..

http://store.cycledifferent.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/RansLightPost-2.jpg

Vicky and I have one for the Seavo. It works well.

Semper Fi

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by jcsadowski on Mar 24^th, 2014, 9:11pm

The screws were originally mounting holes for a "one eyed bandit two" A light mount. It was created as a fund raiser for John Schlitters RAMM ride. It went out of production because it was too expensive to build.

I didn't know there were other models available.

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by Bud_Bent on Mar 24^th, 2014, 9:27pm

Ah, I see it now, the RANS High Racer Light Post (http://www.shoprans.com/miscellaneous/high-racer-light-post/). I think I'll get one of those.

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by aikigreg on Mar 24^th, 2014, 10:14pm

Lock it down tight. A bunch of folks have had them vibrate completely off.

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by AustinSkater on Mar 25^th, 2014, 5:42am

aikigreg wrote:

Lock it down tight. A bunch of folks have had them vibrate completely off.

Also, be careful about putting too heavy a light on the end, my N/R Moab caused enough vibration that the end stress-fractured and I lost the light (on a downhill in the dark)

Title: Re: What are these for?
Post by Action Lad on Mar 26^th, 2014, 1:43pm

AustinSkater wrote:

[quote author=aikigreg link=1395711235/0#4 date=1395717292]Lock it down tight. A bunch of folks have had them vibrate completely off.

Also, be careful about putting too heavy a light on the end, my N/R Moab caused enough vibration that the end stress-fractured and I lost the light (on a downhill in the dark)
[/quote]The first OAB, however, will hold a hippo on the end...okay, a hippo on a weight control plan. Clown #1 suggested it for my Big Bang headlight, and nary a wiggle from it since...and it doesn't even translate from Bacchetta to Catrike cleanly, (narrower than my post). It easily beat out anything I tried previously.
Thanks again, John!