Hitting your head

On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Wednesday, 22 January 2020 16:01:48 UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that? Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

-- Jay Beattie.

I w as able to try out a decent quality dynamo hub and headlight one dark night at a not so local bicycle shop. That light was far to dim for a lot of the riding I would have been using it on. Thus I elected to stay with a battery light with an external battery. With the external battery, I can keep it warm under my jacket when riding when it's quite cold out. Plus i don't have to worry about the battery losing a lot of its capacity if left outside for a few hours when it's cold out there. A LOT of my riding is done in the winter and on winter nights. I want something that I can see the road surface with even if I'm riding slowly up a hill. I also want to be able to see some distance down the road so that I don't spook any skunks. The dynamo light I tried out at that shop just didn't cut it for me. Others? Their needs/wants might be different and a dynamo light is great for them.

Oh, I can quickly change my battery powered light from one bike to another and being able to do that is handy a lot of times. Tonight for instance I have to go somewhere for an overnight stay and i have to bring the bicycle into my room. The MTB I'd normally ride there has knobby tires that are too hard to clean off before bringing it inside. My road bike with slick tires is a simple wipe down to clean the tires of. Thus I'm switching my battery powered light to the road bike for tonight. I couldn't do that if it was a dynamo powered headlight.

Cheers

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

-- Jay Beattie.

On Wednesday, 22 January 2020 16:40:32 UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

-- Jay Beattie.

Let the chief light your way!

Cheers

On 1/22/2020 4:40 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

"Some people keep complaining about their lives, but do absolutely
nothing to change their situation". - Frederica Ehimen


--
- Frank Krygowski

On 1/22/2020 4:17 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Wednesday, 22 January 2020 16:01:48 UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that? Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

-- Jay Beattie.

I w as able to try out a decent quality dynamo hub and headlight one dark night at a not so local bicycle shop. That light was far to dim for a lot of the riding I would have been using it on. Thus I elected to stay with a battery light with an external battery. With the external battery, I can keep it warm under my jacket when riding when it's quite cold out. Plus i don't have to worry about the battery losing a lot of its capacity if left outside for a few hours when it's cold out there. A LOT of my riding is done in the winter and on winter nights. I want something that I can see the road surface with even if I'm riding slowly up a hill. I also want to be able to see some distance down the road so that I don't spook any skunks. The dynamo light I tried out at that shop just didn't cut it for me.

So what was the make and model of that headlight that wasn't bright
enough for you?


- Frank Krygowski

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:34:54 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:40 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

"Some people keep complaining about their lives, but do absolutely
nothing to change their situation". - Frederica Ehimen

Ah Frank, if that is one of your usual put-downs, I have a battery light -- like I said. I have a dyno light and a battery light. Best of both worlds. I used both of them tonight. The hub drag is making me super-strong, too. For the one or two years after getting my no hole in crown fork, I just used my all-in-one battery light -- which was fine, but a few times I forgot to charge and had to make my way home with a blinky. I changed my situation by drilling my crown, tapping it and wiring up the mood light and reliving the same disappointment I experienced years ago. I changed my situation by getting back-up light which is useless as a primary light in many places I ride in my village.

-- Jay Beattie.

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:34:54 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:40 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

"Some people keep complaining about their lives, but do absolutely
nothing to change their situation". - Frederica Ehimen


--
- Frank Krygowski

Has your education fallen to such a low that you're now quoting radio hosts? Tell you what - should I quote Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage or would you prefer Ben Shapiro who would probably make a marvelous President though people like you do not vote for Jews.

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 10:01:48 PM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that? Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

-- Jay Beattie.

Jay I rode last night what I considered in the most challenging weather conditions concerning lights. Dark (of course), overcast, with drizzle and a a bit foggy. The weather condition where the light is scattered before it hits the wet shiny light absorbing black pavement. I put in my contacts instead of my prescription cycling glasses and it is flat here of course. I admit it is not the ideal situation but I still manage with my dynolight. I had to reduce my speed in some places but I still got an average of 27 km/hr over 36 km (10 km shorter than normal). My new gravel bike which I will use for winter evening rides will have through axles and my current dyno wheel is not suited for that, so I did some research and tried some battery lights lately. I did not found any battery light without the need to use a big bottle battery that could satify me. No battery light with the normal 4-5 AA penlights batteries put on as much light on the road after 1.5 hour (!) than my current EdeluxII headlight with my SONdelux dynohub so I decided I will sell my current dynohub wheel and buy one with a dynohub for through axle before the next winter. Bummer. As always YMMV.

Lou

On 1/22/2020 10:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:34:54 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:40 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 4:01 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:33:32 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/22/2020 2:09 PM, sms wrote:
On 1/17/2020 7:36 AM, sms wrote:

snip

In 2003 I was riding home from work with my homebrew lighting system
that used two 14 watt 12V sealed beam halogen lamps and a kid called
out "nice lights." Does that count as "congratulations?" It was
unsolicited praise. These days good lights are so common that no one
would think to praise a cyclists using them.

I guess that I should also point out that besides probably 25% of the
personally owned dyno lighting systems in my city being in my own
garage, my city also probably has the most dyno equipped bicycles per
capita of any city in the United States; this is due to the bicycles
owned by a very large fruit company with its world headquarters in my city.

So, have you stripped your websites of all your previous disparagement
of dyno lighting and its users?

Why would he do that?

If a person spends ten years or more implying that dyno users are fools,
ISTM he should say _something_ when he begins using a dyno.


Dyno lights suck compared to decent LED battery lights except for the fact that you don't have to recharge them. I regard my dyno light as a novelty item or a back-up. But I must say that the dyno was almost acceptable on Monday when riding home on a rare dry night -- on a flattish part of my route. I thought "this is what it must be like for Frank." And then I started up the broken-up goat road and turned on my battery light. https://tinyurl.com/v8mod75 And yes, low tree branches are a thing. https://tinyurl.com/tblfewk

But you don't want to trade for a brighter-than-the-sun Oculus??

--
- Frank Krygowski

I already have a battery light -- in fact, three battery lights. I don't need four. And after drilling and tapping my thick-as-a-brick fork crown, I'm going to use the Luxos even if the light sucks -- sort of like a glowing hood ornament. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/30...19a3721acc.jpg

"Some people keep complaining about their lives, but do absolutely
nothing to change their situation". - Frederica Ehimen

Ah Frank, if that is one of your usual put-downs, I have a battery light -- like I said. I have a dyno light and a battery light. Best of both worlds. I used both of them tonight. The hub drag is making me super-strong, too. For the one or two years after getting my no hole in crown fork, I just used my all-in-one battery light -- which was fine, but a few times I forgot to charge and had to make my way home with a blinky. I changed my situation by drilling my crown, tapping it and wiring up the mood light and reliving the same disappointment I experienced years ago. I changed my situation by getting back-up light which is useless as a primary light in many places I ride in my village.

-- Jay Beattie.



One might posit that choice of bicycle lighting and caliber
of firearm are complex personal choices and each man makes
his own decision.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971