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Well I found these on E-bay and seen them on a couple of bikes and they look coo but I'm not paying $99 dolars for them
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BIKE-BICYCL ... 45f815d668

* go to the hardware store and buy some plumbers putty and some chrome wall flanges (2.99) for a two pack)



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* Get some mini reflectors and notch them with a dremel mini grinder wheel and putty them in the flange



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* then notch a bolt that fits your rim and putty it ti the bolt on the back of the flange



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Then Plumber's putty the right size bolt for you hub to the back of the reflector and wala




End Result
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jaysmo said:
can you post a pic of the back of the cap?

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I also notched the nut with a dremel ( so the putty had some thing to hold on to and cut the bolt down to size
 

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