It dawned on me that with the days getting shorter and everything, I might want to do something to the bigger bicycle (Giant Stiletto) to make sure I could safely take a ride after dark. I had previously stripped all reflectors from this thing, so I started by simply putting the reflectors back on the wheels and adding a little reflective tape to the BMX pedals:
20150915_220240_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
20150915_215617 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
MN law says you have to have a headlight, so I found a chopper-ish one:
20150820_144454 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
While researching lights in general, I stumbled upon these LED strips (<-LINK). I thought it might be neat to see if I could create an underbody glow for the bike, and while looking at the crannies on it I discovered there was plenty of room in the chainguard to mount an LED strip:
20150804_110313_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
20150804_111227_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
The result:
night 007 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
night 021 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
night 019 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
There's actually all kinds of colors and display modes for the underbody lights (I mounted the controller under the seat). To get an idea, I just set it to a demo cycle and had my wife shoot a short youtube vid from my phone:
20150915_220240_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
20150915_215617 by ChenZhensChamber, on FlickrMN law says you have to have a headlight, so I found a chopper-ish one:
20150820_144454 by ChenZhensChamber, on FlickrWhile researching lights in general, I stumbled upon these LED strips (<-LINK). I thought it might be neat to see if I could create an underbody glow for the bike, and while looking at the crannies on it I discovered there was plenty of room in the chainguard to mount an LED strip:
20150804_110313_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
20150804_111227_HDR by ChenZhensChamber, on FlickrThe result:
night 007 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
night 021 by ChenZhensChamber, on Flickr
night 019 by ChenZhensChamber, on FlickrThere's actually all kinds of colors and display modes for the underbody lights (I mounted the controller under the seat). To get an idea, I just set it to a demo cycle and had my wife shoot a short youtube vid from my phone:
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