The rubber strap on my bicycle LED headlight snapped, any ideas for a replacement?

doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

The rubber strap on my bicycle LED headlight snapped, any ideas for a replacement?

doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

I’d advise you to buy a generic “flashlight bicycle mount” from wherever, something like this;

You mean ones like these?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007321929071.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005843902557.html

The only problem I see is that flashlights are generally thin and round whereas my headlight is chonky and square. I’m not sure these would fit around its girth.

Alternatively glue and ziptie a garmin quarter lock mount (knockoff, obviously, but using that standard) to it and get yourself a female receiver to attach to your bikes handlebars. They’re all ubiqioutous and therefore well cheap.

I seem to have trouble finding the male bits on AE while female ones are easy to find, gonna search some more

7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

You mean ones like these?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007321929071.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005843902557.html

The only problem I see is that flashlights are generally thin and round whereas my headlight is chonky and square. I’m not sure these would fit around its girth.

Yeah. The chonk should help to keep it in place, honestly. Unless the strap breaks, in which case on chosen examples any old rubber band would do.

I seem to have trouble finding the male bits on AE while female ones are easy to find, gonna search some more

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005007446027044.html Here ya go

doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

Thanks! Both of these solutions are cheap enough that I’ll probably try both of them out