Bicycle Light Steampunk Style

Step 3 Lighting behind me, lighting ahead...

Have you ever noticed I use a lot of ellipses? God that must be annoying. Anyways, onto more lighting goodness!

For the front lamp, I took off the original reflector but left the mounting base and in classic steampunk style I lashed the lamp to the front with quite a bit of copper wire. Mmmm... metal smells.
I didn't drill any holes for the wiring just in case I ran out of batteries and wanted to switch to good old kerosene. Mmm.... kerosene.

I simply soldered the bulb at the end of the wire after running the wire through one of the vents holes. Some hot glue kept the lamp in place. and viola!

Here's the fun epiphany I had with that rear reflector that i mentioned in the last step. With the wide open gap behind the reflector but still in the covering, I drilled a hole through the backside and hit the glue holding the reflector on with a heat gun. It popped neatly off and i ran a wire in through the back and soldered on a bulb. The neat thing is it appears as a running light that is red in the rear. Visibility for the win! I reattached the reflector with some hot glue, and screwed it back in place.

I think since the rear reflector was already a part of the bike, it looks amazingly custom (even though it's not), and it shoots light out in all directions in an ominous eerie red glow! See enclosed pictures!