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Installing Bicycle Night Lights – All Types

Installing FlexPro’s N-Vison Bicycle Night Lights 

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

 

You can install the bicycle safety lights directly to the spokes with the wheels attached or removed.  These directions show the wheel removed. 

 

Although 2-Color Sticks are shown, the same instructions apply to 2-Color Fins and Single Color Sticks.

 

Before starting, it helps to see how the wheel is going to look at the end of the process. 

 

Take note of the distance between the sticks, which is rougly120 degrees. Keep this in mind as your follow the steps below.  You will begin insertion of the sticks on the opposite side of the tire in the next step.

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

Sticks laid out ready for plastic ties

STEP 2

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

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

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

 

Positioning the bars for insertion

Positioning the sticks for insertion

STEP 3

 

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

 

You will be threading each one of the three sticks 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 sticks to their insertion points

STEP 4

Gently thread each one of the sticks 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

Sticks being threaded thru the insertion points

STEP 5

Once the sticks  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

Sticks after threading thru the wheel

STEP 6

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

Bars laid out ready for plastic ties

Sticks laid out ready for plastic ties

STEP 7

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

Bars attached to spokes before trimming plastic ties

Sticks attached to spokes before trimming plastic ties

  

STEP 8

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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