Bicycle Lantern

Step 5 Mount up and Ride

Use the original hardware to mount the light to your bike and party like it's 1899. The light turned out to be way brighter than I expected it to be. It's easily as visible as the incandescent version and produces a really cool light that makes me wish there were no streetlights to interfere with its satanic glow. Ride like Paul Revere as you blaze through the suburbs and don't blame me if you hit a curb and become engulfed in flames. You've got to pay to play.

Notes: After finishing my lantern I decided to see if there were any commercially available versions out there and found a whole slew of turn-of-the-century examples of bicycle lanterns HERE and on ebay. To my surprise they look remarkably similar to the one we just built. Apparently there were over 100 patents handed out for bike lanterns pre-1900, so check it out and crib some ideas, there are some really cool ones out there. Good luck!

Comments

[christdonnelly]

Great idea! I like the fact that I can burn a couple of dinosaurs while trying to pedal my way to carbon neutrality. I think a Skull lamp would be excellent!

[frenzy]

nice light! also good to see other inventors posting here from berkeley!