Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Any ideas for mounting trad flashlights to bike?
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There are so many neat and affordable lights available now in the hardware and camping departments, I am tempted to try them on my bike.
Does anybody have ideas for mounting a traditional shaped hand-held flashlight to bicycle handlebars?
Two Fish Lock Blocks.
http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/lockblock.html
discocarp
12-23-07, 07:59 AM
Zip ties work. Use a small piece of plastic/rubber tubing (or a cut up piece of old tube) in the front between the light and the bar to prevent the light from slipping when you hit bumps, etc.
Litespeedlouie
12-23-07, 04:02 PM
Two Fish Lock Blocks.
http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/lockblock.html
Or more convenient for USA,
http://fenix-store.com/
dekindy
12-25-07, 04:23 PM
Or more convenient for USA,
http://fenix-store.com/
https://www.fenix-store.com/index.php?cPath=25_66
The twofish lockblock works well. The new Fenix bike flashlightmount looks good but has some weaknesses as noted here as well as the modifications that purchasers have made. There are plenty of other alternatives but the twofish lockblock is probably the simplest, cheapest, and most effective.
Also see previous threads on the Fenix flashlights.
https://www.fenix-store.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_65&products_id=362
Try this. http://youtube.com/watch?v=HrfZhEzjWwg It will cost you the price of one old worn out inner tube.