Lights – and decorative silliness

[Erin Potter]

In trying to plan a good game for the BA & Revolution Cycles Holiday Ride, does anyone have any favorite contenders for lights that are fun and can be used to deck out a bike? I’m thinking Christmas light strings with practical battery packs.
I have good, practical lights, but sometimes the dark of winter calls for something a little bit more… absurd? Colorful? Fun?

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[dasgeh]

I get lots of comments on my light up construction vest (I can let you borrow one). Also, I think lights in unexpected places…

[ginacico]

Someone passed me outbound on the Custis trail the other day, with a full-size Christmas wreath on his back. Complete with lights, assume LEDs powered by a battery pack.

Kinda like putting a wreath on the grille of a Jeep or something, only much better. Made me smile!

[consularrider]

Wasn’t FFG was it, it’s his style.

[ginacico]

@consularrider 129335 wrote:

Wasn’t FFG was it, it’s his style.

No, he’s been sporting Mickey Mouse ears at coffee this week, just got back from Disney. It was a turkey before that, and he says the Santa hat will be coming out soon.

[GovernorSilver]

I’m happy with my Monkey Lights – originally got them for the Halloween ride but will probably use them on other group rides. They’re waterproof and dustproof.

http://www.monkeylectric.com/

[huskerdont]

@ginacico 129334 wrote:

Someone passed me outbound on the Custis trail the other day, with a full-size Christmas wreath on his back. Complete with lights, assume LEDs powered by a battery pack.

Kinda like putting a wreath on the grille of a Jeep or something, only much better. Made me smile!

I work with him, assuming there isn’t more than one, and that is his route. I enjoy razzing him about it a bit, but the guy is full-on Christmas and wears it with pride. As you’d have to.

[baiskeli]

Target has a bunch of batter-powered light strings that work for this. They also have tiny lit Christmas trees you can attach to your helmet.

[DCAKen]

@baiskeli 129670 wrote:

Target has a bunch of batter-powered light strings

Sounds delicious!

[Vicegrip]

@baiskeli 129670 wrote:

Target has a bunch of batter-powered light strings that work for this. They also have tiny lit Christmas trees you can attach to your helmet.

sounds likes real hit………

Wallmart had led strings made to bikes in the bike section Take care to avert your eyes when around Wally World bikes.

[DSalovesh]

On a “recent” coffee ride one of the cyclists had applied full-color LED strips to the main tubes of his bike with a microcontroller under the seat. It was fantastic to see it strobe through patterns and shift colors as he rode.

Great DIY project if you’ve done any tinkering with Arduinos etc. (Though the spousal response was “don’t you even!”.)

A simpler project is EL wiring. It’s marketed as a product called Bike Glow for about $25. (The components cost about half that and the only work is adding a connector between the inverter and the wire, if you’re comfortable with a soldering iron. If you DIY it the wire can be multi-color and trimmed to line your frame.)

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