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More About Lights
jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:58:20 PM UTC-8, wrote: On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 5:11:29 AM UTC+1, Frank Krygowski wrote: http://peterwhitecycles.com/images/p...lux-II-800.jpg That is the headlight I use and it looks exactly the same on a pitch dark street. I clearly have a defective hub or light or something -- or else I need a pitch dark forest road with reflective gravel. The hub is not likely to gradually fail. I've read much whining from you about the bulbous Luxos B. Face it, whoever recommended it as a sole lamp for rainy, high-traffic environments and twisty trails -- he was wrong. Before dumping the Luxos altogether or converting it into a 3 amp LED host fed by battery power, one could try a conservative lamp mod with a more efficient LED that enhances output to 100 lux, as one guy claims, http://laempie.de/?Fahrradlampen-Modifikation But if your lamp really does 70 lux as it should, you might not be able to appreciate the difference. I couldn't see a godamn thing riding home last night -- again in a rain storm, with a death grip on the bars because I was getting blown over. Wet pavement swallows light, but the real problem is all the point-source light pollution -- blinding car headlights when riding in wrong-side bike facilities. I actually yelled at some guy on a bike with a mega-flasher. Pop, pop, pop go the retinas. WTF? How could anyone possibly think that was O.K.? This was in a wrong-side two-way bike facility, so I'm staring into car lights on the left and bike lights on the right. Maybe I should get some of those polarized night-driving glasses. (See what you get when well-meaning activists demand special bike "facilities?") What eyewear are you currently using in nightly traffic? Years past last appointment at eye doc's? Who would legitimately be selling "polarized night-driving" glasses? Don't buy anything there! Using 3000-3500K LEDs yourself, and blocking most of the enemy HID and LED blue with light yellow tinted, AR-enhanced eyewear that blocks 450nm, but passes 490nm, is a better plan. If you want to spend more for less effect, consider getting the clear-looking Zeiss DriveSafe or similar glasses. |
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