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Vintage Headlights

Looking at vintage french 1940’s and 1950’s french randonneurs has made me want to turn my newish Linus Mixte more vintage like these aluminum bicycles:

Couple of things i’m drawn to are the silver fenders, bullet headlights, and front & rear racks.  Recently, I won an auction on ebay that had some nice headlights, rear light, and soubitez dynamos.  I don’t really have much experience with changing fenders or attaching a dynamo light system, but i guess i can slowly start to figure things out.

Vintage bicycle parts unboxing:

Of the 3 headlights: 2 were battery operated - no name brand but both say made in Japan. The third is a “Union” dynamo headlight, smallest of the three and hardest to open.  I believe all the bulbs are out so I’ll have to get some replacements before i can test them out.

I haven’t decided which one I’m going to put on my Linus, i suppose it depends on which ones are working :)

Overall, everything seems to be in good shape so I’m pleased with my ebay win.  One of the soubitez dynamos spins better than the other one, so I’ll have to see how operational they are.