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Old 06-01-05 | 10:52 PM
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Bikes: Redline Conquest, Cannonday, Specialized, RANS

OK, here's the 2005 model of my geeklight. This is mounted full time on my inclement weather bike.

This light:



http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...4&storeId=6970

Attached with this bracket, to the handlbar stem (I took off the metal piece on the bracket):


http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=

I replaced the stock bulb with a 25 watt halogen (LV505) from Home Depot. http://www.foxelectricsupply.com/con...roductNo=LV505

For the tail light I used this (It's just screwed onto a piece of aluminum angle on the rear rack) :


http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bi...-3A&type=store



The battery is a 2.2 Ah SLA from zbattery.com (http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/bp2-3-12.html) plus their matching charger (http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/12bc500d-1.html).

This setup actually looks pretty slick, almost non-geeky, except for the fact that there's this motorcycle-sized headlight on the front and a forklift light on the back. The front light is nice in that it is well shielded and casts no light backwards. Total cost was about $50, plus about $30 to ship from five different sources, plus wire and connectors I had lying about, plus about a million hours of my time.

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