BICYCLE ACCESSORIES

This COB LED headlamp has (7) modes, (3) colors (white, red and green) and (2) top-mounted multi-stage switches.Comfortable, too, with an inch-wide, adjustable 20” elastic headband and a 40-degree tilting head. Packing a 5W, 350 lumen lattice white light that has high, medium, low and strobe modes and a multi-color 3W 180 lumen COB LED that cycles through red, green and white light. All this fits in a housing that measures 2-1/2” x 1-3/4” x approx 1-1/4” and has a range of 300ft. Hike late into the night, keep your hands free during a power outage, use the red light option for telescope viewing or the green light better contrast and vision at night. Requires (3) AAA batteries, not included.

"Laser" safety lights each with super bright LEDs run by (2) "AA" batteries that you supply. It's square and has a flashing or steady LED lamp visible up to 2500 feet (distance may be exaggerated). A 2" x 2-1/2" red plastic reflecting lens covers (3) lamps. Hook it on your belt or pack with the belt clip, use the included elastic strap for arm or leg mounting, or the included aluminum flange to attach it to your bike. It's great for general use as a warning device or as an emergency signal for roadside breakdowns.

Nifty device that takes maxi air and squeezes it down into a mini condition. The device is roughly 6-1/2"" long x 6" tall x 4" wide. It has a 10 ft. cord that plugs into an auto lighter socket: i.e. it runs on 12VDC @ 10 amps. Air output is via a 12" hose with a variety of valve adapters for tires, soccer balls, rubber rafts and the like. Complete with a 0-250 psi gauge. Which should be plenty of pressure to explode a weak bike tire or flimsy beach ball, so please be careful!

Hook these on the zipper pulls on your jackets and you'll never be in the dark again. Tiny LED lights measure 1" x 9/16" in a 5/16" thick oblong, and come on a 7/8" long lanyard clip. We'll pick some that will go with your eyes, in blue, green, black or red. Include little button cell batteries that can be replaced if you're the sort of person who does that.

You say you don't need your foot pumped up? How about your beach ball? Bicycle tire? Air mattress? Attach the quick-connect valve head of the pump and tromp away on the foot pedal. The heavy-duty metal pump has a high-pressure hydraulic air chamber, 24" air hose, and non-slip rubber feet. Comes with (1) universal valve adapter (Attached.) and (1) tapered nozzle. (Inflation needle not included.)

Our classic bike accessory is LED-free, battery-free, and happily wireless. The retro bike horn has two tones (one while squeezing, the other while the bulb inhales). The tone is much more a Clarabellian quack (search the Web for Howdy Doody if you're too young to remember Clarabell) than a deep Harpo Marxian (ditto) honk. Measures 8" long with a 2-3/8" bell and a rubber bulb that will be either red, black, or purple. Includes a removable handlebar mount.

We made up that word from passerine, which denotes a bird that can perch. Give birds a leg up by building homes for them in your spare time. This excellent book, Birdhouses, Boxes & Feeders for the Backyard Hobbyist by Paul Meisel and Stephen Moss with Alan & Gill Bridgewater, is appropriate for any skill level, from beginners to expert woodworkers. Includes (19) projects, with more than (300) photographs, diagrams and step-by-step instructions, all in easy-to-follow text. Book also offers tips on attracting and feeding birds, and information on nesting and predators.

Until someone reinvents the bicycle wheel, they’re going to keep getting low once in a while. Best to have a pump like this one, the Genius Pump. It’s portable, obviously, and telescoping and mountable. Includes a side mount for your bike,  and a safety LED light as a bonus. No hardware included, but the pump mounts on your bikes center post using the screws that are already there. Pump works with both Schrader and Presta valves.

It's hard to make a good exit if your feet keep slipping off the pedals. We have acquired (2) styles of replacement bike pedals, so you can depart in dignity. Cheap dignity. Flat-top pedals give each foot a 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" hard plastic platform on a shaft with 1/2" dia x 7/8" threaded end. Both pedals threaded counter-clockwise. These "excel" pedals may have been made for an exercise bike. Concave pedals are 1-3/16" thick and have slightly dished 2-5/16" x 4" faces. These come in lefts and rights (you'll get one of each) with 1/2" x 1/2" clockwise and counterclockwise threaded shafts.