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@jakemiddleton
haha! that's quite impressive. If the thickness of those lugs is anything to go by then the tubes will probably be safe, plus if you leave it like that then you certainly will be able to leave it parked outside all day as you said you wished.
I notice you have an old dynamo there. A note on vintage dynamos:
I have been riding with a 6v sturmey archer dynohub and was using the original old bulbs, it was ok, fairly bright but not that bright. I bought some conversion LED bulbs for the lamps and WOAH! Suddenly it was the brightest bike light I had ever seen.
If you are interested you could probably find something suitable on this website: http://www.reflectalite.com/LEDpage.html
if you can find out what voltage and wattage your dynamo is putting out then this is a cool upgrade. It explains all about what bulb is for what dynamo if you scroll down.
Just a thourght