Simple bicycle light and mount

One scrap of polyethylene pipe, one bungee cord from a tarp tent, an inexpensive flashlight, and ten minutes of your time makes a neat bike light and handlebar-mounting system.

Easily installed and removed, easily transferred to other bikes, easy to adjust up/down while riding, lightweight, and inexpensive.

Useful to light the road close-in, or to be seen by others at dawn or dusk, or to use as a backup for your main night lighting system.

Acknowledgement: This design was totally inspired by the sleek and sexy Dinotte 200 lighting system http://www.dinottelighting.com

Step 1 Parts and tools

Ball bungee cord for tarp tent (purchased at a flea market)

Flashight, 9-LED, 3xAAA, on/off pushbutton on rear, 1" (25mm) diameter (purchased at a home improvement warehouse on Black Friday for $1.66 including batteries)

Polyethylene pipe to match diameter of flashlight, 1" dia, thinwall, 160psi (scrap from another project, originally purchased from home improvement warehouse in giant coil)

Safety glasses and sharp utility knife. (bandsaw with fine blade optional)

Comments

[dermbrian]

Thanks for this. I'll be using one of my daughter's hairbands (ponytail thingy), along with an existing LED flashlight and three rechargeable AAA batteries. I may end up mounting it to my 'dashboard' instead of the handlebar. We'll see.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bicycle-stereo-dashboard/

[rhoddity]

Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for (and just my style too!)

[KidAfrica]

used bike tubes cut into rubber bands work really well for this and their a bit cleaner looking

[tom352]

Your the best.

[dchall8]

That will work great for the upcoming bike rodeo at my girl's school. They get points for having a light.