weird question but
i'm looking for plastic drinking straws to use for bike wheel lights. I know
they're illegal in california so i figure people probably have some stashed
and hoarded and don't want to give them up, but we need them.
we're planning another bike light making session and then a bikelight
installing event before the next East Bay Bike Party, which happens on
February 11th from Rockridge BART (nearby sudoroom!)
I want to make lights like these to go on wheels:
https://www.radlicht.com/store/products/radlicht-bike-wheel-light-red/
we have tons of battery holders with switches, plus we can make some sort of
automatic thing to turn them on - not sure how to do that yet so suggestions
are welcome! Probably a two-state tilt thing that charges a capacitor to turn
on a FET to turn on the lights, so it only takes power when the wheel is
turning.
-jake