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 campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Feb 8, 2021, at 6:24 AM, Philip Barrett <philiprbarr...@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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@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/30E2F6D1-2310-42CA-81BB-81B0AC1F9BAC%40me.com.
