On 08/03/2017 9:40 AM, 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:
On 3/6/2017 9:37 PM, sms wrote:
This light http://supernova-lights.com/en/supernova-e3-triple-2 claims
640 lumens at 4.5W. 4.5W is definitely possible from a nominal 3W
dynamo. It claims 800 lumens peak.
Note that his light, while sold in Germany, is not "road legal."
because, according to reviews, it doesn't suffer the problems of StVZO
lights, "It has a very broad light output that is closer to a floodlight
than a focused beam, and so doesn’t give the ‘tunnel’ effect of some of
the powerful battery-powered lights. This means it’s great for
illuminating branches and hazards above you and off to the side." As we
all know, the problem with StVZO legal lights are related to the
extremely focused spot beam.
Here's an example of an StVZO headlamp (2013 model) with the "extremely
focused spot beam" the Scharf complains about.
http://peterwhitecycles.com/images/p...lux-II-800.jpg
See that tiny spot? ;-)
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- Frank Krygowski
That is the headlight I use and it looks exactly the same on a pitch dark street. So again I don't understand why people find this amount of light insufficient.
I clearly have a defective hub or light or something -- or else I need a pitch dark forest road with reflective gravel.
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.
I hear your pain. I can't take these guys with they're freaking search
beams on their bikes. Why is it not ok for cars to come up to you on a
road with their high beams on but it's ok for a cyclist to blind
everyone looking at them? And WTF is the point of high intensity (what
you call mega) flashers at night? I've had near crashes due to both of
these types of idiots.