Planet Bike Tail Light Rack Bracket

by Planet Bike

Product Features

• Attaches to rear rack
• Compatible with: Blinky 3,5,7 and SuperFlash tail lights

Product Description

The Rear Rack Tail Light Bracket serves most Planet Bike tail lights, including Blinky 3,5,7 and SuperFlash. It attaches to most rear racks in place of the reflector.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IQEAK2
• Item model number: 3108
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,544 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #4 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Lighting Parts & Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars works OK, but not well packaged, March 26, 2011

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Nikwax (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Bike Tail Light Rack Bracket (Sports)

I bought this to attach my BP tail light to my Topeak Super Tourist rack. The hole pattern in the bracket exactly matches the hole pattern on the rack's bracket. All good there, though just a note that the bracket in this situation ends up reversed....the light clips in snugly, fortunately.

However, the PB bracket comes with zero instructions. OK, it's not rocket science to figure out, but I do think that any product that needs to be installed should at least come with a diagram. Next, fasteners: while there are four holes in the bracket, you get two bolts, two lock washers, two nuts, and an assortment of washers in various sizes. No idea what the extra washers are meant for. And I guess with four holes I might have gone with four bolts/nuts/lock washers. I can always go to the hardware store to fill the vacuum that nature abhors.


Last point: aim is very critical with any light, and especially with LED lights which are very directional. The seat post bracket that PB supplies with their lights allows for this adjustment, but the rack bracket does not, so you may end up with a misaligned tail light.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kind of expensive for what it is..., July 19, 2009

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Gene R. "Bike Nut" (Zebulon, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Bike Tail Light Rack Bracket (Sports)

But worth it for not having to "gerry" rig a mount to a rack.
I mounted this on my Surly Nice Rack and it works awesomely. You can't use the included nut though, but the boss on the rack is threaded, and while tight, it works wonderfully. Very solid, albeit subtle, feeling when I cut my Superflash on for the morning commute.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, March 22, 2008

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Jeffrey Stanley (Wichita, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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Works great. I've used it for several thousand road-miles with a superflash. You do need to have a rack that is designed for tail light mounting to use it. The mount has held up well and the light is much more visible on the back of the rack instead of the seatpost. PB should include this with the light, but it is well worth $5.