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Daylight Visible Bike Light - Front/Rear Combo - 100 Lumens on 2 AA's

Step 12Assemble front led assembly

assemble front led assembly
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if you are making the front/rear combo light:

there's plenty of easy ways you can mount the front light - i used just the handlebar mount from an old headlight and glued the led straight to it.

otherwise wiring and lens mount similar to the rear light.

NOTE! in the 1st to images i have the led oriented 90 degrees incorrectly for the 5x20 lens, don't do it that way or you'll end up re-doing it like i had to.

use about 5 feet of 22 gauge flexible stranded wire, you can route this along your brake cable to the frame, then around the top tube until you get to the seat.

i used a couple of cheap automotive spade connectors on the end of the front led wires to make my front/rear detachable, you probably want to do that so your seat is removable more easily.
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Dan Goldwater is a co-founder of Instructables. Currently he operates MonkeyLectric where he develops revolutionary bike lighting products. He also writes a DIY column for Momentum magazine.