Lights

"M. Chandler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Now that Daylight Savings is no more, I've been forced to do a good
percentage of my riding in the dark (after work). To prevent myself
from becoming a hood ornament, I've tried to come up with a setup that
makes me very conspicuous (w/o spending a fortune). My current system
is as follows:

REAR
Vistalite Super Nebula 5. This is mounted at the top of my RANS'
(Stratus) seat braces, centered between them. I run this in steady,
non-flashing mode.
CatEye TL-LD170 (two). These are mounted slightly below the Vistalite
(on each seat brace). Also run in non-flashing mode.

FRONT
NiteRider Trail Rat 2.0 (10W, NiMH). The NiteRider is currently mounted
to a backwards-facing Minoura Spacegrip, but will be moved to a
riser-mounted Cronometro "nob."
CatEye HL-EL400. I've got this attached to my (Calhoun Evo Sport)
handlebars, right next to the stem (hangs underneath). I switch this to
the flashing mode when there's a lot of auto traffic.

Most of my riding is in suburban areas, so my main concern was being
visible to autos, especially near streetlights. I'll be adding some
reflective tape to my helmet and the top portions of my rims.
Eventually I'd also like to replace the CatEye 170's with Vistalite's
Total Eclipse.

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com

Around here police cars have flashing head and tail lights, blinking lights
in the front and rear windows, flashing and blinking light-bars on the top
of the car and they are still run into while stopped along the road with
all their lights flashing. Do you really think you will be safe out there!?

Good luck....maybe you will be one of the lucky-ones!

jd

Jack Davis wrote:

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Around here police cars have flashing head and tail lights, blinking lights
in the front and rear windows, flashing and blinking light-bars on the top
of the car and they are still run into while stopped along the road with
all their lights flashing. Do you really think you will be safe out there!?

Good luck....maybe you will be one of the lucky-ones!

I think I'll be as safe as I can be. Between the lights, trying to
travel the less trafficked routes, and riding predictably, that's about
all I can do.

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com

"M. Chandler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Jack Davis wrote:

[ my original posting deleted ]

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Around here police cars have flashing head and tail lights, blinking

lights

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in the front and rear windows, flashing and blinking light-bars on the

top

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of the car and they are still run into while stopped along the road

with

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all their lights flashing. Do you really think you will be safe out

there!?

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Good luck....maybe you will be one of the lucky-ones!

I think I'll be as safe as I can be. Between the lights, trying to
travel the less trafficked routes, and riding predictably, that's about
all I can do.

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com

Mark,

At least in CO the ride can make the risk almost worth it...it is such a
beautiful state.

Have fun...

Jack

M. Chandler said:

Now that Daylight Savings is no more, I've been forced to do a good
percentage of my riding in the dark (after work). [.......]

Most of my riding is in suburban areas, so my main concern was being
visible to autos, especially near streetlights. I'll be adding some
reflective tape to my helmet and the top portions of my rims.
Eventually I'd also like to replace the CatEye 170's with Vistalite's
Total Eclipse.

Suggestion to add to the system - LED head torch. You could probably fit it
to a helmet without too much difficulty.
Over here, there are several makes of 4 or 5 LEDs mounted in a flat torch
(eg. Petzl), lots of light, up high, very light weight and good battery
life. Because its on your head, you get light where you want it.

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Replies to newsgroup postings to the newsgroup please.

NC said:

M. Chandler said:

Now that Daylight Savings is no more, I've been forced to do a good
percentage of my riding in the dark (after work). [.......]

Most of my riding is in suburban areas, so my main concern was being
visible to autos, especially near streetlights. I'll be adding some
reflective tape to my helmet and the top portions of my rims.
Eventually I'd also like to replace the CatEye 170's with Vistalite's
Total Eclipse.

Suggestion to add to the system - LED head torch. You could probably fit it
to a helmet without too much difficulty.
Over here, there are several makes of 4 or 5 LEDs mounted in a flat torch
(eg. Petzl), lots of light, up high, very light weight and good battery
life. Because its on your head, you get light where you want it.

It's on "the list." I've tried mounting the Opticube CatEye on my
helmet, but can't get the angle correct, I've got a Petzl two-bulb
system that I may use, but the mount will require some modification.

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com

Jack Davis said:

At least in CO the ride can make the risk almost worth it...it is such a
beautiful state...

Even the eastern half?

--
Tom Sherman

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Jack Davis said:

At least in CO the ride can make the risk almost worth it...it is such a
beautiful state...

Even the eastern half?

--
Tom Sherman

Yes as long as you aren't talking south-eastern in my opinion

Mark Leuck said:

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Jack Davis said:

At least in CO the ride can make the risk almost worth it...it is such a
beautiful state...

Even the eastern half?

--
Tom Sherman

Yes as long as you aren't talking south-eastern in my opinion

Or I-70 from Kansas to Denver.

--
Tom Sherman

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Mark Leuck said:

Yes as long as you aren't talking south-eastern in my opinion

Or I-70 from Kansas to Denver.

--
Tom Sherman

Slightly disagree, while it isn't very exciting Route 24 looked okay, I was
thinking farther down to Pueblo

you can see some of what I have done here
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=74205
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=73656

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Custom made wooden planes at reasonable prices
See http://www.knight-toolworks.com For prices and ordering instructions.

Tom Sherman said:

Jack Davis said:

At least in CO the ride can make the risk almost worth it...it is such a
beautiful state...

Even the eastern half?

It beats the SF Bay Area where I came from (East Bay, to be precise).

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com

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Suggestion to add to the system - LED head torch. You could probably
fit it to a helmet without too much difficulty.
Over here, there are several makes of 4 or 5 LEDs mounted in a flat
torch (eg. Petzl), lots of light, up high, very light weight and good
battery life. Because its on your head, you get light where you want it.

It's on "the list." I've tried mounting the Opticube CatEye on my
helmet, but can't get the angle correct, I've got a Petzl two-bulb
system that I may use, but the mount will require some modification.

A brief update.

I mounted my old Petzl duo/zoom headlamp to my helmet, and it works
really well. It's higher than my other lights, so it puts it very close
to most drivers' eye level. Even on the "low beam," it definitely
attracts attention.

--
Mark Chandler
Superior, CO
http://www.MileHighSkates.com