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Old February 18th 18, 01:28 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_4_]
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Default Battery Replacement on Lights with Internal Li-Ion Batteries

On 2/17/2018 11:38 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 2:21:48 AM UTC-8, Sepp Ruf wrote:
jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 9:33:11 AM UTC-8, sms wrote:


DRL


Also, the Reelights are practically useless off-angle (in candela):


As even 0.02 cd is not invisible (at night), you'd need much better accident
data to conclute that.


Yes, the Reelights are probably beneficial at night, depending on conditions. As for absolute proof that they are incredible DRLs, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD3-Hr9kDHQ I couldn't see any of those bikes without the Reelight flashers -- and without the arrows pointing to the flashers. The new generation Cio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ombe_YCrTeI Wow!


Yes. At about 4:00 and at about 6:00 in that video, you see the light
could be replaced by firefly in a jar.

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