The Blinking Riding Cap - Genesis 1:3 Ever been riding against the law - i.e. without proper safety lights? Tired of those pretty much useless knee and arm lamps which always turn into the wrong direction after a while and are only visible from one side? Well, here's my solution, for approx. USD 10. Get the following: 1 elastic band 60 x 3 cm 1 elastic band 24 x 2 cm 1 piece of stainless wire 1 mm x 20 cm (in 2 part of 10 cm each) or 2 small tie-wraps 3 hobnails 2 studs 1 white LED bicycle light with 2 AAA batteries and a belt clip 1 red LED bicycle light with 2 AAA batteries and a belt clip Fix the parts as shown on the images below. Drill a small hole through the belt clips and wriggle the wire pieces or the tie-wraps through them and the elastic band in order to fix the lamps. Remove any surplus length of the wire. Ordinary iron wire will get rusty and stain the helmet. The lighting is *very well* visible for oncoming traffic, you won't be bothered during riding and you emit the correct colour into both directions. Don't use recharchable batteries, they drain by themselves after a few days. The blinking lamp construction fits any cap. Here's a video clip (1 MB) of the lamps in action: I wish you a safe ride!

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