so cool and inspiring; thanks for sharing this. paul takoma park, md. On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 12:52:42 PM UTC-5 Mike Godwin wrote:
> Looks really good Phil. Nice work. The bell got a polishing too. > Mike SLO CA > > On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-8 philipr...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Nice, yes since this is the Trek-About-Townie my night riding is well >> lit. Now to find something offbeat for the rear. >> >> On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 10:13:08 AM UTC-6 campyo...@me.com wrote: >> >>> Looks like a great mod! >>> >>> I did something similar with the original vintage headlight on my Alex >>> Singer. Because the front rack on the bike was purpose-built to support the >>> light, I decided to leave it on and add a modern Schmidt headlight on the >>> other side. Inside the vintage light is a new LED lamp that, as you note >>> with yours, is more for visibility than for seeing the road. Both are >>> powered by a modern Velogical dynamo running on the rear wheel. >>> >>> >>> >>> --Eric Norris >>> campyo...@me.com >>> Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy >>> YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy >>> >>> On Feb 8, 2021, at 6:24 AM, Philip Barrett <philipr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I had been looking for a while for something cool & retro for lighting >>> to add to the Trek about-townie. I have a Light+Motion set that really work >>> great but certainly don't have the "look." >>> >>> A trip to the parts bin at my local bike advocacy store & a suitable >>> donation to the cause netted me a very dirty but largely undamaged chrome >>> headlight that had been part of a generator set. Yesterday, after judicious >>> applications of Simulchrome, I fired up the soldering iron and rebuilt the >>> light, adding a push switch and LED bulb powered by rechargeable AAAs. >>> Plenty bright enough to be seen & works well with the build methinks? >>> >>> <PXL_20210207_160316511.jpg> >>> <PXL_20210207_195118185.jpg> >>> <PXL_20210207_195132601.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e11071c6-f513-460f-9794-92f31137fe0bn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e11071c6-f513-460f-9794-92f31137fe0bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> <PXL_20210207_160316511.jpg><PXL_20210207_195132601.jpg> >>> <PXL_20210207_195118185.jpg> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0a562d0d-a09f-488e-80d0-db8945afae87n%40googlegroups.com.
