Recumbent Trike Lights for Night Riding.

This is a recumbent tadpole trike fitted with 4 LED headlights for night riding. It uses 4 Cree LED's, two that turn with the handlebars (pencil beam) and two fixed at the front of the bike (floods light on the path). All the lights can be dimmed and switched without taking my hand off the handlebar. The batteries/LED drivers are in a removable box at the back which has a built in charger. More info at - http://capolight.wordpress.com/

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Autos & Vehicles

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• recumbent
• recumbent trike
• recumbent bike
• bike light
• recumbent lights
• cree
• XR-E
• bike head lights
• ledil
• LED
• ledil opics
• terra trike
• terratrike
• mrrecumbents
• CPF
• endelss sphere
• tadpole trike
• recumbent tadpole
• bike headlamp
• bike headlight

[deezynar]

That's some serious lighting you have there. Great job.

What did all that gear cost?  If you don't mind my asking.

[Capoau1]

@deezynar. All up, the parts cost around AUD$120, which is about $135US.. The most expensive parts were the LED's, optics and batteries.

If I was to make it again I would use different components. However the price would be around the same but with an extended run time and brighter lights.

[AstronomerCyclist]

What? No red lights for the back?

[deezynar]

@Capoau1

Thanks for the reply. I'll have to look into making one for myself. Ready-made systems are way too expensive.

[hauserkaspar]

OK. I'll order 300.000 of those. Can you have them ready for next week?