I’m trying to find the ideal seat stay mounted rear light for one of my bikes.
I have a few Smart 0.5W (or 1W) lights which have seat stay mounts but they are a little more bulky than I’d like, and they don’t quite mount horizontally on the bike in question.
I also have one of these, which - just so you know - is a truly horrible item with an obnoxious selection of annoying flashing modest, zero side visibility, and it is also unexccessarily large. It it also very difficult to attach securely enough to assuage my fear of it going into the spokes.
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-tight-kinetic-rear-lightSo I could use the Smart but I’d like something better if available. Which brings me to my question - I see a lot of people using lights similar to the Moon Nebula on the seat stay, mounted in line and thus pointing up. That is obviously the intention - the Moon Nebula seat stay mount clearly intends that it is fitted that way. Similarly, quite a few seat stay mounted lights are in line with the seatpost rather than horizontal. I always thought that was a bad idea but is it actually OK with these lights?