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Nov 05, 2023

Paul Gino — price, specs, details, availability

You don't realise how much you need this in your life By Jack Luke

You don't realise how much you need this in your life

By Jack Luke

Published: November 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm

I for one can't stand cluttered handlebars, particularly when you include a large distracting light in the mix.

If you suffer from a similar affliction, the Paul Components Gino is likely for you. This nifty little nubbin threads onto any M5 threaded eyelet and allows you to mount your light pretty much anywhere on your bike.

Decluttering bars is not the only appeal of the Gino, by being able to run your light closer to the ground it casts its beam at a much shallower angle which better reveals debris and bumps on the road or trail. This is a far better use of your precious lumens than just shooting them into the retinas of oncoming road users.

The Gino will mount onto any M5 threaded boss — most likely a mudguard or rack eyelet — and comes with a split washer to prevent slippage. At 23g, including the mounting hardware, you won't be paying a significant weight penalty for considerably better lighting.

It's worth noting that the Gino is only 26mm in diameter, so you may need to use a shim with clamps designed for 31.8mm bars.

In typical Paul style, even something as simple as the Gino is exquisitely machined, with lovely crisp edges, perfect anodizing and the Paul logo lovingly engraved.

This particular Gino is due to be threaded onto the underside of a Dia Compe ENE mini rando rack with an Exposure Revo dynamo light mounted onto it.

I had actually made my own DIY Gino for this light a few months back out of a steerer tube offcut and two top caps. While this worked perfectly well, it was hardly a handsome solution to my quest for better lighting and I’m personally delighted to now have the Gino in my life.

The Paul Components Gino is available direct for $24 in black or silver, or $30 in a polished finish.

Deputy editor

Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard. Jack thinks nothing of bikepacking after work to sleep in a ditch or taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. He is also a regular contributor to the BikeRadar podcast. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech, ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit, Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out stories that would otherwise go unreported. He is also particularly fond of tan-wall tyres, dynamo lights, cup and cone bearings, and skids. Jack has been writing about and testing bikes for more than six years now, has a background working in bike shops for years before that, and is regularly found riding a mix of weird and wonderful machines. Jack can also often be seen zooming about with his partner aboard their beloved tandem.

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