Weds. morning

"Claire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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but we did get the chance to smooch at the long
light at 150th and Eastgate Way.

I'm guessing you guys don't use eyeglass-mounted mirrors? <g>

RichC

"Claire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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And it was a date with my husband. Maybe some women
wouldn't consider 20 minutes on a bus, and 40 minutes in the rainy dark
on a bike, a "date", but we did get the chance to smooch at the long
light at 150th and Eastgate Way.

Sounds romantic to me.:-)

Claire said:

I was feeling quite smug about having a hub generator system instead,
until we started rolling down our street. I had my bike in the shop
yesterday, and it appears that the (apes) there somehow stripped the
hub generator connector. I had nothing but bare wires. Fortunately, I
already have a back-up light mounted on my fork (tip o' the foam hat to
Dane), another opticube, so I could go on, too.

Sorry, to hear about your hub. I just got my generator hub in the mail
from Harris. Now to find a sufficient supply of round 'tuits to make it
into a wheel.

I'm glad the tip about the fork-mount light was helful. It's nice to
clear up the handlebar real estate. Especially since you run a narrower
bar than I do.

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So, I didn't get quite the ride I had hoped for, but it was still some
sort of ride. And it was a date with my husband. Maybe some women
wouldn't consider 20 minutes on a bus, and 40 minutes in the rainy dark
on a bike, a "date", but we did get the chance to smooch at the long
light at 150th and Eastgate Way.

Hey, take it where you can get it. It sounds nice to me.

My ride in was pretty nice today. I got to try out my PI toe booties.
It wasn't wet enough to give them a real test, but my first impression
of them is good.

--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"I am not sure what this is, but an `F' would only dignify it."
-- English Professor

I also swear by the cat-eye Opticube. As noted, it's better for being seen
than for seeing, but it's very good for that - 5 little blue lights that are
quite easy to see. Best yet is the longevity. With 4 AA batteries, they
stay at near maximum strength for about 30 hours and give meaningful light
for 100 hours or so.

"Claire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Wednesday mornings are right now the only time my husband and I can
ride together as a part of the commute. Everything has to be set up the
night before -- the clothes laid out, lunches made, the bikes set --
because there's such a short time for us to get up and out.

This morning everything was going just fine -- until we were ready to
roll out of the garage. My husband's lights didn't appear to be
functioning. If I hadn't been there, I bet he would have just quit,
just torn off his bike stuff and taken the car in to work. Instead, I
took the opticube off of the tandem, and found a spot on his
handlebars, and stuck it on. Let there be light.

I was feeling quite smug about having a hub generator system instead,
until we started rolling down our street. I had my bike in the shop
yesterday, and it appears that the (apes) there somehow stripped the
hub generator connector. I had nothing but bare wires. Fortunately, I
already have a back-up light mounted on my fork (tip o' the foam hat to
Dane), another opticube, so I could go on, too.

Opticubes aren't ideal. They're just "see-me" lights. However, most of
the ride there's enough ambient street lighting to get a general view
of the road. It's just the unexpected debris on the road that'll get
ya.

Anyway, fiddling with all the lights and lack-of-lights put us far
behind our original schedule. I caught sight of the 229 ahead of us,
and declared that we'd catch up to it by the time we hit the transit
center a few miles down the road. Sure enough, it pulled in just as we
did, and we loaded both bikes on the rack. After we loaded, the bus
became an express, and we saved 20 or so minutes off of the ride.

So, I didn't get quite the ride I had hoped for, but it was still some
sort of ride. And it was a date with my husband. Maybe some women
wouldn't consider 20 minutes on a bus, and 40 minutes in the rainy dark
on a bike, a "date", but we did get the chance to smooch at the long
light at 150th and Eastgate Way.

Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
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