I've been riding in the early morning dark and have found a few lane reflectors and rocks under my tires. It was a little disconcerting. I started looking for a generator powered bike light.
All I found was Chinese made cheap stuff on Amazon.com. Well, how about Walmart. More cheap stuff, and the cheap stuff is expensive. Chuckle! Why do they use AAA batteries? The batteries will be dead in a week. I needed something better.
I did some Google searches and found there were patents for bike lights, but did not see any good lights. If the lights were good, they were $100+. For a bike light? I paid $50 for my one speed bike, so I didn't need a light that costs as much or more than the bike.
I put my thinking cap on and thunk. Ka-bing! I had an idea!
I went to Home Depot and found a dual D-cell flashlight package. It came with four D batteries and two plastic flashlights. Next I went to the plumbing department and got two stainless steel screw clamps, that were big enough to go over my handlebars and the flashlight body.
Voila! Cheap light.
Total cost $5.29. Thank You very much!
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