jetpackjbf
Active Member
I recently bought a cheap bottle dynamo light kit for my bike off Amazon, since I wanted to be able to ride at night when it's cooler. Unfortunately, the thing stopped working after two days. I tried to repair it, but there was too much friction for it to spin enough to function. Not to mention that the lights that came with it were far too dim to do anything. So I got to work searching through my junk for a solution!
I found a medium-sized brushed motor, zip ties, a broken flashlight, and some wires. So technically, this is now a motorized bicycle.
I ziptied the motor down, loosely connected the wires to the motor and the lights, replaced the headlight with the old flashlight's LED bulb, put the original headlight bulb in the taillight, and gave it a test.
And you know what? My setup works much better than the actual bottle dynamo ever did!
I found a medium-sized brushed motor, zip ties, a broken flashlight, and some wires. So technically, this is now a motorized bicycle.
I ziptied the motor down, loosely connected the wires to the motor and the lights, replaced the headlight with the old flashlight's LED bulb, put the original headlight bulb in the taillight, and gave it a test.
And you know what? My setup works much better than the actual bottle dynamo ever did!