Leah: Your setup looks fine. You’ll be able to adjust the light up and down to change how far ahead of you the light goes. That distance will be entirely based on personal preference. I have mine adjusted so that the light goes pretty far out in front of me, but I may ride faster than you—about the same as shown in your photo. If I was going to ride more slowly, I might adjust it down a bit. Good news is that the Edelux is plenty bright, so you have the ability to send the light out quite far if need be.
One thing to check is how firmly the light is mounted. I have the mounts on mine adjusted tightly enough that the light doesn’t move when I go over a bump, but not so tight that it won’t move if it’s hit. I’ve always believed in the notion that it’s better to have a part move and need to be nudged back into position than to have the part break off because it’s screwed down too tightly. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Jun 11, 2020, at 9:36 AM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Having never had dyno until now, I don’t know what to expect. I don’t know > how the light *should* be or how far it should reach or whether it should > flicker or how it should be mounted, etc. Roberta kept saying, “Isn’t the > Edelux light so wonderful? It’s so much better than my other light!” I > definitely like my light, but I wasn’t as wowed as she was with hers. Which > got me thinking maybe the mechanics (having just about zero experience with > dyno lighting) didn’t put my light in the right position. I mean, how would I > know? > > I found images online that show Edelux II headlights giving a long view of > the road, where I feel my light illuminates maybe 5 feet in front of my front > tire. It’s definitely not as illuminating as the photos from my Google > search. I pulled some recent images of my bike that happen to show the light, > as well as a video of my teenager riding my bike. (I wanted to see how my > Clementine looked after its makeover, which is how this video came to be.) > > The light is mounted with a Nitto mount from Analog on my Nitto basket rack > from Riv. It’s on the left side of my wheel. > > Photos: My bike, 2 videos of the how my light illuminates the road, and > lastly, a nice photo from the internet showing how Edelux SHOULD look. > > 1. Does my headlight look to be mounted in an optimal way? > 2. If not, is it easy for me to fiddle with? Or will futzing end with me > wrecking things? > 3. What tools would this call for? > > I hope this does not count as too off-topic. Thanks for the wisdom I’m sure > you’ll share here. > Leah > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74918c9a-d3f7-4864-b663-c9b83bdb77fbo%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74918c9a-d3f7-4864-b663-c9b83bdb77fbo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <16FAB15A-B284-4F5B-916C-2E430A7FAB7F.jpeg><81D1F365-F932-4F44-9E01-A88BD8FE8437.jpeg> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/70303DC6-9068-45B0-A0C5-5F67B094A028%40me.com.
