Solar LED Bike Bag

I had the opportunity over this past summer to work the night shift at a bakery a few towns over, which meant I had a lot of commuting to do. Back. And forth. At night. On a bike. The buses don't even run that late. I got pretty fed up with continually getting forced to the side of the road by all those damn inconsiderate drivers speeding by - how could they blast past the presence of so earth-conscious a being as myself with such little regard, cruising about in their dirty, carbon-polluting machines?! Of course it probably wasn't all too easy to see me, given the general lack of street lighting in the area, so I went and got the requisite overpriced head-and-rear-lamp kit. And ate through batteries like pigs at the trough. I didn't want to keep buying all those damn batteries, and I sure as hell didn't want to keep tossing them out, so this is what I came up with. That and the fact that I wouldn't be going to Burning Man this year left me with a bunch of free time that would otherwise be spent thuswisely. So this is my consolation prizes, of sorts. I will be adding on an implementation of Leah Buechley's wonderful Arduino-conrolled turning signal bike jacket in the near future. This is my first Instructable, and its a retro documentation job, but I hope it suffices. If it seems a bit too dumbed down, then by all means it probably is. That extends to me as well. Anywho, Create and Enjoy! Oh and, apologies for the terrible quality of the images. I've worked my camera pretty hard over the years, and it seems like its pretty near the end of its product lifecycle. sniff.

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