flashlight mounts
 

I tried searching with no useful results. Does anybody have examples of DIY flashlight mounts. Inspire me please!

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97036

I got these on sale for $4/pair. They are surprisingly bright for such cheap lights, and almost well made, almost. I was thinking about possibly mounting them on my fork, but a handlebar mount would probably be easier.

There's a thread in the Elctronics, Lighting, & Gadgets Forum on the best headlights under $50:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=light+%2450

Many recommend a Two Fish holder, which is nominally designed to hold a u-lock, to hold an LED flashlight. You could also use some pipe /EMT clamps.

I'm don't have a picture handy, but I took an old champagne cork (one that had plumped after extraction so it was basically a fat cylinder) and, with a wood rasp and sandpaper, cut two dish-shaped grooves: one lengthwise, in which the flashlight body sits; the other transverse to fit the bars. I use a piece of an old inner tube to lash/tie it to the bars. You could probably use a Livestrong bracelet as a fastener if you wanted to get fancy. It's a bit funky but it works and weighs almost nothing. Cost me about 15 minutes of filing and sanding. Of course, the champagne was extra.

Cool. I like the cork idea. Very triplets of belleville.

If you can find a working "Wonderlight" headlight, your search might be over. It's a headlight/flashlight unit that uses a nylon clamp that the rectangular flashlight slips on to.
I used to have the thing on my bike in the early 80's. Nice thing was, the rectangular headlight unit fits my front shirt pocket, so I could leave my bike locked up outside classes without worrying about someone stealing it. At the same time I got to use the headlight as a flashlight at home.
There's lots of better headlight/flashlight units (much brighter, lighter and smaller) out there today, but I think the Wonderlight was so popular back in the 80's that it would be the appropriate thing to put on a classic ride.

Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV

Every now and then on Ebay I see a really old headlight that was made for candles and has a tube protruding from the bottom of it's lantern like body for a candle that could be used to house a Maglight with the shroud/reflector removed and using the built in reflector in the lantern body itself instead.
Now that's a run on sentance!

Two ceiling mount conduit clamps, bolted together. One sized for your bars, the other for the light. A carriage bolt, and a wing nut on each end to clamp the holders around the bars and light, round out the really good, totally adjustanle, very stable, mount. Cheap too! Available at any hardware store.

cheap mount works perfect on all my bikes
 

two GM pcv valve gaskets from advance autoparts 5 dollars
and a pack of hair bands 50 cents
the angled side goes in and acts as aperfct supports ,jus slide closer together for the smaller bars[IMG]http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...8/P1030336.jpg[/IMG[IMG]http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...8/P1030330.jpg[/IMG]

Duct tape!

2 hose clamps in a twisted figure 8 - one wraps the light, the other wraps the handlebar = $2 light mount


those 9 led flashlights make pretty decent front lights - they're brighter than cheap bike lights, but don't blink

+1 on strips of old inner tube to strap the light on. Put a knot in one end so when you tuck it under
it won't slip out. It is very secure and can be wrapped to look cool.

I used stiff minicell foam cut into a little block (it assumes the shape of the cut cork ) But I also like the cork idea and will be looking for some.

Two-fish lockblock. Pack of three ran me $10? at the LBS.
http://www.twofish.biz/img/flashlight.gif

good stuff. i dig the PCV grommet with hair band...clean & simple!

I'm using some super powerful, small & cheap cree LED flashlights from dealextreme.com by the way.

Here's mine...
 

Yepyep,

Here is how I mounted mine...A couple of hose clamps. Very solid.

An invaluable item to have in your collection is a good sheet of either smooth or waffle rubber matting. 1mm thick is the easiest to work with. I'm always dealing with flashlight mounts that don't quite fit. Snip! Snip! - Now they do.