New lid is in the post (Bell Super) and i’d like to be able to use the built-in gopro mount to attach a new light. I haven’t decided which light to go for but if any of them would fit then that might narrow the choice down. I had a little google but the only results were for expensive lights or some ingenious homemade contraptions. Is there anything out there that might fit my requirements?
Pretty simple, just a wee bit of old handlebar with a hole stuck in it, araldited to the top of a “long” gopro mount. I eventually glued some sandpaper to the top to make it grippier. Pretty much a universal design, with a little tweaking anything that goes on a handlebar can go on a head. But a wee bit tall.
An even easier approach which I like now is to drill and tap the hole in the light out to 1/4-20- this is the standard camera tripod size, so you can now thread a gopro camera adaptor into it:
Quick and simple, very adjustable and very solid. Gave away my light that was built like this but it was ace.
Lastly… Just take a standard foot and attach your light to it in a fixed position pretty much however. My current one is a “tall” gopro foot with the 3 screws undone to leave just the base. A bit of a wooden clothespeg, to give it some tilt. And a random bolt (in this case, a broken Orange mechhanger bolt) threaded through the gopro foot, the clothespeg, and into the light (unscrewed the standard mount on the light obviously). And mucho superglue.
Northwind, this looks great. I was just trying to figure out how to do something similar with a vented helmet GoPro mount. Thanks for sharing your mod.