Light Show, Part One And A Half

Last night, I mounted a Minoura Swing Grip on my DeRosa to mount the two headlights I mentioned in the post below. The purpose of the test wasn't necessarily to try the lights out in the dark, but rather to see how they rode on the Minoura mount. The Niterider, with a rather traditional, bread-and-butter screw clamp mount, was solid all day, but the Cateye, with a weird rubberized strap mount, was wiggling all over the place. I found I couldn't get it tight enough on the Minoura grip, so on rough roads, and even on not-so-rough roads, it was rotating around the bar. After I got back, I slipped a piece of inner tube under the clamp to see if that helps it hold more solidly.

By the way, the Minoura Swing Grip is by far the best "off-the-handlebars" mount I've come across. It takes up almost no room on the handlebars (in fact, I used the stem instead of the bars as an attachment point) and drops the lights down lower, where the angle can pick up road hazards better. It survived some rather rough roads today in Upper Montgomery County, MD, so I suspect it should be a solid performer.