Lights on the bike.....

richardjiles

Ugh, my dad made me put my flashing lights on my bike today and its just like.... ugh they make my already bad looking commuter look even uglier.

But what makes me mad is that these lights come out so people can put them on their bikes, and it hardly fits onto my handle bars, granted its on a cheaper bike and they are thinner bars, but I swear if I go over a bump they will fall forward....

No point to this post just a rant

Bikehawk

Try sticking a bit of flat rubber around the bars and then mount the light over that. You may need to experiment with the thickness. Had a similar problem before with an old hack bike. This stopped the oh crap where's the road gone moments. Not fun when going down a fairly steep unlight road who's surface was not the best. If ou don't have any strips of rubber try wrapping insulating tape around instead.

felix.london

Tell the old man to buy you a set of these;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170776885696?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_8230wt_1186

shouldn't brake the bank.

cooldad

richardjiles wrote:

Ugh, my dad made me put my flashing lights on my bike today and its just like.... ugh they make my already bad looking commuter look even uglier.

Well at least there's one sensible person in the family

The Rookie

Piece of old inner tube on the bars - sorted!

waverider

cooldad wrote:

richardjiles wrote:

Ugh, my dad made me put my flashing lights on my bike today and its just like.... ugh they make my already bad looking commuter look even uglier.

Well at least there's one sensible person in the family

+1

castlelad

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1000LM-Cree-XML-T6-Mountain-Bike-Bicycle-Zoomable-Lights-7-LED-Rear-Light-/251091020942?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item3a7630ec8e#ht_6217wt_1053

get one of these, awesome for the price,



and won't make your bike look ugly! :roll:

boristhespie

I'd rather have an ugly bike than look ugly under the wheels of a lorry.

Flashing lights have really helped.

zx6man

castlelad wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1000LM-Cree-XML-T6-Mountain-Bike-Bicycle-Zoomable-Lights-7-LED-Rear-Light-/251091020942?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item3a7630ec8e#ht_6217wt_1053

get one of these, awesome for the price,



and won't make your bike look ugly! :roll:

I have a similar powered front light...on flash.. and was told off by a driver as it was blinding everyone :roll:

Long_Time_Lurker

zx6man wrote:

castlelad wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1000LM-Cree-XML-T6-Mountain-Bike-Bicycle-Zoomable-Lights-7-LED-Rear-Light-/251091020942?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item3a7630ec8e#ht_6217wt_1053

get one of these, awesome for the price,


and won't make your bike look ugly! :roll:

I have a similar powered front light...on flash.. and was told off by a driver as it was blinding everyone :roll:

To be fair, they are made that bright for trail riding. A flashing light at 1000 lumens may cause epileptic fits.

cloudynights

listen to dads, we know best unless its our own dads and then they are old fools

Rushmore

The Beginner wrote:

Piece of old inner tube on the bars - sorted!

+1

cooldad

cloudynights wrote:

listen to dads, we know best unless its our own dads and then they are old fools

I agree with this post.

felix.london

cooldad wrote:

cloudynights wrote:

listen to dads, we know best unless its our own dads and then they are old fools

I agree with this post.

Me too

smack148

is there a family connection here. Is richard cooldad's son per chance?

raldat

cooldad wrote:

cloudynights wrote:

listen to dads, we know best unless its our own dads and then they are old fools

I agree with this post.

+1

t0pc4t

commuters just look nasty, mine looked ok until the downtube got spanged in and before I put the brackety thing for the baby seat on but even then only ok. But then the point of it is that it's to get me from A to B while builiing fitness I can use on the trails.

My Anthem on the other hand is unashamedly colour coordinated and utterly lovely, but that's because it's a toy.