So many of you wanted to be able to mount our lights underneath your bike computers that we created this nifty little adapter. All the guts of our Quick Release Handlebar Mount that comes with Detour and Evo, but to work with an Action Camera mount.
This works with our Detour light the best.
This can work upside down or right side up, there is no wrong way, the light will always be positioned correctly.
I've commuted year-round in New England for about 14 years, so I've done many hundreds of night rides. I just replaced a well-loved Busch and Muller light that didn't survive a rainstorm with the Detour.
The good: Good range of light output from "very bright" to "nice for the suburban parts of my commute". Well thought out mounting systems. Good, simple controls. Very good (possibly excellent) battery life. Beam shape, including the cutoff at the top is good.
The could-be-improved: The handlebar mount was not my favorite. My commuter bike has a handlebar bag, so that was in the way. The handlebar-like attachment on my fork crown mount meant that the Detour installed about 4 inches off-center, which was a little annoying. I bought 2 of the GoPro mounts and 3D printed a fork crown to GoPro mount and that seems to be working well. The bigger issue I have is that the rubber USB flap on the bottom isn't staying closed and I'm worried I'm going to get water in this unit as well.
Suggestions: Offer a choice of mounts when ordering. Beef up the design of the USB port cover.
First, we should get the USB door addressed, as that is not a feature of the design, so if yours isn't staying closed that's not OK and should be fixable.
As for mounts, we're making some more mounting options now that we're growing out customer based, didn't make sense when we were just starting out but now there's more demand so we're adding to it over time. The fork crown mounts we didn't make initially for Detour though because we optimized that beam pattern around handlebar height mounting, putting it closer to the ground will make the intensity unbalanced towards the foreground and lead to some stark shadows from the tire, so we focused instead on bar mounting. We do have some preliminary extended bar mounts that may give you the clearance you need over your bar bag, depending on make/model/etc, shoot us some details if you want to try that path and we'll figure it out!
I was having problems with my mount slipping and the light angling down during rough descents but it turns out the problem was with the base and not this mount. This thing works great and it isn't overpriced, and Outbound's customer service is second to none.
Hmm, seems the mating mount had some issues too, and wasn't working well with our adapter, but seems from other reviews you're having multiple issues, so I'll reach out directly to get you taken care of.
EDIT: talked with the customer, this appears to be a BarFly adapter for a Specialized integrated mount that had the nut spinning issue, causing the slipping. Getting it replaced and trying again!
This is useless when used under a bike computer. The action cam mount should come out the top so you can take advantage of the power button and the cut off line
I'm honestly a bit confused by this, the QR mount interface is reversible, so you can always insert the light right-side-up regardless of how the mount is positioned, so you can always keep Detour's cutoff beam in the right direction. If you're having issues getting this to work with your specific GPS mount setup, then we'd like to know to help get that addressed quickly for you! Just respond to the email this will generate with some more detail, we got you.
Simple little mount that is super easy to install and just works the way you need it to every time you use it
Great quality. Night riding puts a fun twist on those local rides and extends that post work ride time
Just what i needed
