OT Cateye Light.

Dave A said:

I had my Cateye Opticube sitting on my desk. Somebody sent me an SMS.
The SMS caused the Cateye light to turn on.

If a call is made to the mobile the Cateye light will switch on and off
a few times.
The phone has to be reasonably close to the light.

I now have a visual warning that an SMS is about to arrive.

Cheers
Dave A

I've got a variation on that. I use my HRM as my watch and find that
power tools and airport metal detectors both trigger the HRM to start.
So if the chest strap battery runs out, just strap a circular saw to
your chest. 😉

DaveB

quote='DaveB'Dave A said:

I had my Cateye Opticube sitting on my desk. Somebody sent me an SMS.
The SMS caused the Cateye light to turn on.

If a call is made to the mobile the Cateye light will switch on and off
a few times.
The phone has to be reasonably close to the light.

I now have a visual warning that an SMS is about to arrive.

Cheers
Dave A

I've got a variation on that. I use my HRM as my watch and find that
power tools and airport metal detectors both trigger the HRM to start.
So if the chest strap battery runs out, just strap a circular saw to
your chest. 😉

DaveB[/QUOTE]

Having seen the light, that's one way to cut through the opposition, and deter feral car drivers as well :p

warrwych said:

Having seen the light, that's one way to cut through the opposition, and deter feral car drivers as well :p

what!? someone other than a DaveX in this thread!? 😉

cheers,
DaveGPL

obviously you need an SMSorcism of you light!

"Be gone, you illuminating devil"

flyingdutch said:

obviously you need an SMSorcism of you light!

"Be gone, you illuminating devil"

Or change it for a Lucas - 'prince of sudden unexplained darkness' as they
are known in alt.fan.landrover ... it'll never come on again!

Karen

--
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
- Slartibartfast

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:13:49 +1000

Karen Gallagher said:

Or change it for a Lucas - 'prince of sudden unexplained darkness' as they
are known in alt.fan.landrover ... it'll never come on again!

"If Lucas made guns, wars wouldn't start."

"Why do the Poms drink warm beer? Because Lucas made the fridges".

Zebee
- who hasn't had a bike with Lucas electrics, the Italians have their
own methods of creating darkness with occasional sparks.

gplama said:

what!? someone other than a DaveX in this thread!? 😉

cheers,
DaveGPL

well I can arrange to be DaveM and pose as my father for you :p

And talking of names, I note that I will be racing a Larry at the nat masters in 2 weeks - COOL!!!! A Lawrence and a Larry in the same women's race. Am loving that one 😄

warrwych said:

well I can arrange to be DaveM and pose as my father for you :p

And talking of names, I note that I will be racing a Larry at the nat masters in 2 weeks - COOL!!!! A Lawrence and a Larry in the same women's race. Am loving that one 😄

What about Barry? I hear she's REALLY quick 😄

Aha - a possible bike-mounted mobile phone detection device! Can you rig it up with a callback function (ie: when you're riding about) that emanates an pre-recorded message on the same frequency to any errant motorist within 20m to GET OFF THE FECKING PHONE.

Just a idea. 😉

cfsmtb said:

Aha - a possible bike-mounted mobile phone detection device! Can you rig
it up with a callback function (ie: when you're riding about) that
emanates an pre-recorded message on the same frequency to any errant
motorist within 20m to GET OFF THE FECKING PHONE.

Just a idea. 😉

--
cfsmtb

Oooh, oooh, TimC, this sounds like a job for us!

Tam

On 2006-04-21, warrwych (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

gplama said:

what!? someone other than a DaveX in this thread!? 😉

We don't have a DaveC, and judging by the loss of a space at each
increment, you'd need a negative space between Dave and C anyway. Hmmm.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

cheers,
DaveGPL

Can we just call you Bruce?

Quoted message said:

well I can arrange to be DaveM and pose as my father for you :p

And talking of names, I note that I will be racing a Larry at the nat
masters in 2 weeks - COOL!!!! A Lawrence and a Larry in the same
women's race. Am loving that one 😄

I was confused when I first met you: "but that's a guy's name!?". But
Larry just takes the cake!

Damn Cake stealer.

It is *still* hailing. 30 minutes later. I think it might be cold
out there.

--
TimC
Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. If you get lost,
then you can drop it on the ground, wait ten minutes, and ask the
backhoe operator how to get back to civilization. -- Mike Andrews in NANAE

On 2006-04-21, flyingdutch (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

warrwych said:

well I can arrange to be DaveM and pose as my father for you :p

And talking of names, I note that I will be racing a Larry at the nat
masters in 2 weeks - COOL!!!! A Lawrence and a Larry in the same
women's race. Am loving that one 😄

What about Barry? I hear she's REALLY quick 😄

Don't know about the boy named Sue.

--
TimC
"The application failed to fail"

TimC said:

Don't know about the boy named Sue.

--
TimC
"The application failed to fail"

It's the chicks called Craig that you really have to be wary of - stealthracers!
😄

TimC said:

<snippity snip>

But Larry just takes the cake!

Damn Cake stealer.

<snipsnip/>

mmmmmmmmmmmm cake!!!! and hopefully I'll be taking her cake :p

warrwych said:

TimC said:

<snippity snip>

But Larry just takes the cake!

Damn Cake stealer.

<snipsnip/>

mmmmmmmmmmmm cake!!!! and hopefully I'll be taking her cake :p

Lotte's making me some cake for my race! You can't have it though.

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

Lotte's making me some cake for my race! You can't have it though.

Tam

I am not the one riding for 24 hrs :p and after standing on the scales this morning, I don't think I need it :eek:

TimC said:

Don't know about the boy named Sue.

aaaah, JOHNNY!

Flying"My name is SUE, Howdooyoudoo?"Dutch

flyingdutch said:

aaaah, JOHNNY!

Flying"My name is SUE, Howdooyoudoo?"Dutch

Now you gonna die!

On 21/04/06 at 11:13:49 Karen Gallagher somehow managed to type:

Quoted message said:

flyingdutch said:

obviously you need an SMSorcism of you light!

"Be gone, you illuminating devil"

Or change it for a Lucas - 'prince of sudden unexplained darkness' as
they are known in alt.fan.landrover ... it'll never come on again!

I've always known them as Lucas PoD (Prince of Darkness). I've only
ever owned British cars and every one of 'em has been Lucas PoD
equipped and as a result I believe I've seen nearly half of the
possible "Weirdnesses" available....:-) The dynamo equipped Hillman
Minx with its positive earth system that I had about 30 years ago was
pretty damn good at destroying batteries. violently and repeatedly. And
how anyone could manage to build a simple, common or garden variety
kettering ignition system so bloody intermittant is beyond me but Lucas
PoD managed it. With ease, and never the same problem twice.

For the OP. Do NOT change to Lucas PoD electrics - darkness is only a
MINOR problem. Lucas PoD electrics can also do fire and battery
explosions to great effect. Insulation melting - bah. It can do that
while turned OFF...:-)

--
Humbug aka VK3ZMF
BE A LOOF! (There has been a recent population explosion of lerts.)