Well it is mounted on a mountain bike....
Very well done, jlogres - I'm interested in where you got your clamp mount? Can you post up some night shots later?
Well it is mounted on a mountain bike....
Very well done, jlogres - I'm interested in where you got your clamp mount? Can you post up some night shots later?
Well obviously that solves that then. Funny how I don’t live near a mountain at all yet I see in the region of 50+ mountain bikes used every day. In fact there’s one by my front door and that’s never so much as seen a mountain.
that is impressive must be nice in the forrest
Now that is impressive jlogres!
Good thing as you mentioned it’s got low and medium modes for urban riding.
Now if only there is a way to stop those idiot drivers who rather dangerously neglect to acknowledge cyclists when turning/pulling over……
That’s why I said low and mid mode for public roads and high if you want to get crazy - in city with all this lights you don’t want a light to see but to be seen so even in low is more than enough and there is no way to blind people with low mode.
But I believe that you don’t need to buy or build such a strong light for city use , a strobe led with 5 euros is more than enough.
Thanks
I took it from an old 10$ bike light I had and I was lucky because the quality is very good and strong and also it has a screw to take it of the old light and screw it to the plate.
I will soon upload some night shots or video soon
Nice!
I’m going to start a very similar project, my 5t6 was delivered just today. Now I have to find a switch for the handlebar, I want to find a handlebar mount for 2 switches, to install an on/off switch in series with a temporary NC switch to change the modes. Obviously I need only one, but for the off road ride I like to practice, it’s better to have a dedicated switch only ,to change modes. I don’t like when I accidentally switch off the light when I only wanted to change the mode.
Now I have to pay some beers to a lathe operator friend, and find the switch, and some kind of clamp made with gun mounts
Nice job, lets see those beamshots or videos, I didn’t have time to check my light today, I’m waiting for the night…
What a terrific mod. Very creative and should light up those trails no problems.
very nice… i always want to do this to one of my lights… maybe with Trustfire TR-J18
thanks for the tip…
how do you keep the spring to stay on the plate?
Thanks DayLighter.
I am waiting for your project
I heated the spring and manage to stuck it on a RC servo plate I had , or else I was going to glue them together.
And after I glue and screw it with the aluminum plate.
Great project !
what we need now is some beam shots… preferably somewhere nice and dark place
I thought that 2x18650 parallel holders didn’t exist. Where did you get them?
there’s a lot of those on ebay… i think i saw them on fasttech too
Couldn’t find one in parallel
maybe this will work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Plastic-Battery-Storage-Case-Box-Holder-for-4-x-18650-Black-with-6-Wire-Lead-/310543423335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item484dd49767
I found them at aliexpress
They say now 50 pieces , but at November you could order one holder for 2.55 $.
The only problem with this one is that’s very difficult to fit protected 18650 - with my Panasonic 3100 protected there is no way to fit them (bigger than others).
So for this project I use my Samsung 2800 unprotected
what we need now is some beam shots… preferably somewhere nice and dark place
You will have to wait for that , we have a very cold weather and snow here in Greece - like in all Europe - but I will try soon.
But you will see the same beam shots like others reviewers - it’s always the same APEX , maybe a video will be more interesting.