Cycleway town
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Milton Keynes, England
Posts: 1,402
Bikes: 2.6kw GT LTS e-tandem, 250w Voodoo, 250w solar recumbent trike, 3-speed shopper, Merlin ol/skl mtb, 80cc Ellswick
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A lot of the bolts on my bike are drilled. A drill is more useful to me than a set of Allen keys if i want to undo something. I get stainless bolts free and they look good when spun with some emery cloth, as well as being like a rivet once drilled.
My tail light is built into my rack battery, which is locked into place. My front headlight is a big chrome thing on a very heavy '80s Raleigh shopping bike mount - that's secured by a drilled bolt and nylock nut, so tricky to get off without doing so much damage it wouldn't be worth having...
It's about making it more difficult. If you can just pull a light off, it'll go. I say glue it on. When do you ever need to remove it anyway...?