{"id":565,"date":"2009-03-11T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/11\/review-spanninga-spxba-fender-mounted-tail-light\/"},"modified":"2009-03-11T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T13:04:00","slug":"review-spanninga-spxba-fender-mounted-tail-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/11\/review-spanninga-spxba-fender-mounted-tail-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Spanninga SPXba Fender Mounted Tail Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have fenders on the commuter, and I have a dream. A simple dream to have a 1950s style integrated lighting built in to the fenders of my bike. It does not really seem like any one is doing that anymore.<\/p>\n

Hey NAHBS guys – add that to you list for next year, I’ll make the lights if you make the enclosure. Maybe Bruce Gordon<\/a> could do it, he makes awesome stuff.<\/p>\n

I was in Minneapolis in January for Sourcefire<\/a> (I’m a bit of a nerd) training and stopped in Hiawatha Cyclery<\/a> on the the way the airport. Amazing store. They had a bunch of neat lights, bags, other commuter things. They had 3 built up Rawland <\/a>bikes. They are cool looking cheaper frames. I would get one as a commuter or rigid mtn bike.<\/p>\n

In their very comprehensive light collection they had the Spanninga SPXba Fender Mounted Tail light. While its not shaped like a 1950s rocket engine, it still is fender mounted so I picked it up.
\"\"<\/a>It is very light weight, has a small, non blinking LED and mounts to the fender with one bolt and one nub.
\"\"<\/a>It is mounted straight on here, my reflective tape is a bit crooked
\"\"<\/a>Well I just don’t think its that bright… it is not as bright as a Knog Frog <\/a>.
\"\"<\/a>And it has nothing on a planet bike super flash.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I really like the fender mount of it though. So I think I’ll gut it and put some of my own LEDs in there.<\/p>\n

So in the end, I’d say:
– Skip the Spanninga SPXba light, its not very bright nor does it look like a 1950s rocket
– Stop in Hiawatha if you are in Minneapolis, its a cool store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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