what have you made for your bike?

[wisdom]

Following rbrieds excellent post on "what have you fettled today".With his homemade flint catcher.
has anyone got any pics of something they have made or adapted for their bike/s please share them with us

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've made a few things to save a few pennies. The most recent ones were a pair of mudguard extensions for the knockabout bike as the cheap mudguards are too short:

They're made from aluminium sheet and attached with cable ties. I'm quite pleased with them, especially the front one which keeps almost all the road spray off the bottom bracket area.

There was also a pair of lamp brackets so that I could mount two lights on to the rack of each of my main bikes:

Good for a bit of extra visibility and provides back up in case one fails.

 

[jayonabike]

I've made a rather large dent to my bank balance....

 

[Smurfy]

I built a combined voltage-doubler/flasher circuit so that my light can run on batteries that are too flat for most other uses. It works so well I'm going to convert a second light to be the same.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I've built an offset light mount for my T6 light that fits instead of the front reflector on my Brompton, it gives me a permanent fitted light that sits perfectly into the fold and is protected within it

 

[Sillyoldman]

Thinking of making a valentine card

 

[lip03]

This is my kind of thread! Saving money makes me smile! Looking forward to getting some ideas! I'll try and dig out some pictures of mounts ive made for my phone using a phone case

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I am making something tomorrow night, pics if it all goes to plan! Pics of aluminium swarf if it doesnt!

 

[MontyVeda]

I made a quick release mount for my rear mudguard when it's original mount snapped.
I've also permanently fixed my two rear lights to the back of my saddle bag, well out of the 'coat-zone'.
On my old MTB i made a crud-catcher from the side of a bottle of Fairy Liquid, but removed it because everybody took the p!ss

But what I'd like to make is a nice wicker basket to put on the front of my current MTB.... or

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

While everyone and their dog were out riding today, I stayed behind at work and designed and made a new clamp for my seat post. It must have saved at least 10g of weight! Got a few more parts in the pipeline though.

 

[wisdom]

Very neat.

 

[snorri]

I once made a trailer for it, now when I wish to express gratitude for a particularly enjoyable trip I get it a nice cake.

 

[Fnaar]

I 'made' (= cobbled together) a nice map holder a couple of years back (link to thread: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/diy-route-map-holder.135268/ )
It's done me 2 tours so far, and works a treat.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm making a 12 volt rear brake light for my trike

 

[youngoldbloke]

Posted elsewhere, but since you're asking: