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General Category => The Knowledge => Topic started by: CarlF on 13 April, 2019, 07:23:20 pm

Title: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: CarlF on 13 April, 2019, 07:23:20 pm

I need a fork mount bracket for a Smart front light, and I am having a hard time finding one.

I keep finding B+M Ixon brackets which look tantalisingly as if the fitting that slides into the bottom of the light might be the same....

Does anyone know if one of these:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/lighting-spares/busch-muller-ixon-fork-bracket50152/ (https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/lighting-spares/busch-muller-ixon-fork-bracket50152/)
Will do me?

Or if anyone sells a fork crown bracket actually made by Smart, or another make that uses the same fitment?

I would prefer a neater solution than hanging the handlebar bracket on one of these:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/accessories/mwave-fork-accessory-bracket/ (https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/accessories/mwave-fork-accessory-bracket/)
(Which also looks more prone to rattling loose and / or the light slowly drooping), but if that’s my only option, does anyone have a (dis)recommendation for a bracket like that? - there are a few choices out there.

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: Kim on 13 April, 2019, 07:43:21 pm

Yep, they're the same fitting.  I've used a Smart (and a PlanetX clone) in one of those brackets.  Works well.

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: CarlF on 13 April, 2019, 07:48:18 pm

Excellent, thanks
 :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: Ribena75 on 11 November, 2020, 10:07:46 pm

Which Smart light out of interest? Am looking at a similar setup.

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: Kim on 11 November, 2020, 10:09:57 pm

Something with 'Lunar' in the name.  Takes 2 AA cells.  I think there have been several iterations over the years.

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: Ribena75 on 11 November, 2020, 10:17:24 pm

Super, cheers.

Title: Re: Fork crown bracket for Smart light - are B+M Ixon mounts the same fitting?
Post by: CarlF on 12 November, 2020, 10:10:39 am

The three different Smart front lights I've had all used interchangeable mounts. One Lunar something with 2xAA from near the top of their range 10+ years ago, one similar but cheaper and squarer a few years later, and one higher-spec USB rechargeable from a couple of years back. None of of them are marked with the model name.

My LBS doesn't stock Smart lights any more- are they still a thing?