Hi all,

I'm constantly trying to think of new ideas for my bike (Raleigh Revenio Carbon 1).
I love a clean non cluttered bike and weight savings.

My next trick is to adapt a seatpost to incorporate about 8 to 9 Super bright leds and make them my rear light!
However I'm struggling to find a small flasher unit that will fit inside, any ideas where I can get on from?

This way I always have my rat light on me and no nasty brackets

Wait till I post my Garmin idea......... ;-)

Are you planning to mill out the seat post to accept the light strip?

You mean like this seat post? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryeyAARm9IQ

I'd be a little cautious (like a lot cautious) with cutting or milling or drilling the seat post. Could get really uncomfortable really fast.

J.

That's what I was thinking. Especially on CF, damn the mental image.


It is a great idea if the post could remain structurally sound.

a lot of cheap aluminum seatposts have plenty of extra material that would allow milling for lights. The expensive ones are the ones that break. And I wouldn't do carbon at all

Lightskin looks like they use a Kalloy Uno seat post .. probably too down market for your refined tastes

LightSKIN LED-Sattelstütze

if you start modifying a CF seat post you may be wise to back fill the inside of tube with a wad of CF fabric and more epoxy..

and leave enough space in the bottom for the battery case. making it more of a solid carbon composite rod.

Buy Lightskin seatpost with integrated L.E.D rear light

Hi Guys,

Yes similar to the link posted on youtube.

However, I have a colleague who is an expert on Carbon Fibre and we are currently looking at another route.

We are investigating molding a higher quality set of lights to the set post so it ADDS structual integrity rather than removing it.
He has also said that drilling a number of small holes should not have any effect.

Our next idea is to integrate a cycle computer into the Headset so you never forget it!

Here's a picture of my first Garmin idea.

A Garmin 810 is 500GBP here in the UK.
I've used the following:

Bike holder (stripped down and parts used) - 8 GBP (eBay)
Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 mini (as it runs ANT+) - 20 GBP (eBay)
Install Garmin fit - free

The beauty with this is that it also plays your music (I have a 64Gb SD Card) AND I can take phone calls on my bluetooth headphones.!