Liv Rove 1 2021 – adding handlebar with integrated light Lightskin

Liv Rove 1 is a women’s cross bike from a brand owned by Giant. Liv bicycles are dedicated for women. I have 2021 model in Dark Eclipse colour.

Bicycle specifications:I installed LIV battery-powered lights on the bike – NYX CLICK models  front and rear versions. While the rear light point is visible at night, I wanted the front light to shine brighter. At the same time, I didn’t want to put any large lamp in the front.

I wanted to install a battery-powered handlebar from LightSkin with a lamp built into the handlebar tube. But Lightskin produces only one battery-powered handlebar model and it is the H2 straight handlebar – the battery-powered model is H2B.While the handlebar model most similar in shape to the handlebar in the Liv Rove 1 bike is the Lightskin H2 Wien, which is only available in dynamo variant (H2D Wien) or for e-bike (H2E Wien)

I bought a used Lightskin H2E Wien curved handlebar from an e-bike to convert it to a battery operated light handlebar  using parts from a straight H2B battery powered handlebar. My Lightskin H2E Wien handlebar version is the 640mm long – exactly the same length as the original handlebar in Giant Liv Rove 1 2021. I removed the electronics and battery from the Lightskin H2b handelbar.Then I widened cable hole to fitbutton on the H2E Wien steering wheel. Since the cable hole was on the other side of the handlebar, I moved light switch there. Electric bike handlebar also has its own circuidt board, which I removed. Then I repainted handlebar so that its colour was exactly the same shade of black as in original Giant Liv Rove 1 2021.

 

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