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Installing Night Light Safety Bars

Installing FlexPro’s N-Vison Night Light for Bikes

 

Before installing your FlexPro N-Vison Night Lights for Bikes, slide back the cover. From the Battery compartment, and install a 9-volt alkaline battery.  With normal use the battery will last from several nights to weeks of use.

Slide the cover back to insert the battery

Slide the cover back to insert the battery

 

STEP 1

 Remove the bicycle wheel from the frame and lay it flat on a table. Before going to the second step, it helps to see how the wheel is going to look at the end of the process.  Take note of the distance between the bars, which is rougly120 degrees. Keep this in mind as your follow the steps below.  You will begin insertion of the bars on the opposite side of the tire in the next step.

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

STEP 2

Hold the three fins or bars together and locate an opening in the spokes, which will be the first spoke crossing closest to the wheel hub. 

While still holding the bars or fins together, slowly thread them through this opening, and hold them in place.

Be prepared to thread the bars though the wheel spokes slowly and carefully. Do not attempt to rush this step, or force the bars as they can be damaged 

 

Positioning the bars for insertion

Positioning the bars for insertion

STEP 3

 

Looking at the bottom layer of spokes that the fins or bars will be going through, divide the wheel into thirds (or 120 degrees). 

 

You will be threading each one of the three bars or fins into these openings.  Please be cautious and move slowly during the threading process to avoid breakage.

 

Starting to thread the bars to their insertion points

Starting to thread the bars to their insertion points

STEP 4

Gently thread each one of the bars of fins into one of the 120 degree openings in the spokes, and thread them all the way through the wheel so they are starting to emerge from the bottom side

 

Bars being threaded thru the insertion points

Bars being threaded thru the insertion points

 

STEP 5Once the bars have been completely threaded through the insertion points, gently turn the wheel over to complete the final installation stages. 
Bars after threading thru the wheel

Bars after threading thru the wheel

 

STEP 6

Lay down the wheel with the spokes laid out on top.  Arrange them to complete dividing the wheel into thirds. 

 

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

STEP 7

Once you are satisfied that the safety bars are dividing the wheel into thirds, use the provided plastic ties to attach the bars to the spokes.

 

Bars attached to spokes before trimming plastic ties

Bars attached to spokes before trimming plastic ties

  

STEP 8

To finalize installation, take the battery box and wind inside around the wheel hub to use up the extra wiring.

Attach the battery box to spokes as close to the wheel hub as possible while still allowing the switch to be easily accessed.  You may choose to mount the switch to be accessible from front or back of the wheel.  The arrangment shown here has the switch facing out.

Attaching the battery box

Attaching the battery box

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