|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
SIX thousand and FIVE hundred lumens !!!!!!!!!!
On 2018-10-12 08:53, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:57:14 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2018-10-10 15:17, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 10/10/2018 5:55 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2018-10-10 14:29, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 10/10/2018 3:14 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2018-10-10 09:19, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 10/10/2018 10:54 AM, Joerg wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgybEXkhvHQ "At Exposure, we feel it's as important to use good lights throughout the day, as well as at night." ... um, because we're trying to sell the things, of course! I don't use flash mode on my front lights though. Then you disagree with the source you cited? No. Those bright lights are visible enough in non-flash mode. Speaking of visible enough: My wife and I just returned from a little ride. We rode out to the suburban branch of our credit union to cash a check, then a bit beyond it into sort of semi-rural roads. We returned by different roads. We were on some quiet residential streets, some former farm roads that are now short cuts to housing developments, a bit on an arterial road or two with 50 mph traffic, etc. Quite a few miles were on lanes that were obviously too narrow to share (like 9 feet wide) so we rode at lane center. As usual, we had no problems with any drivers. (Well, except a couple who were clogging things up while they seemed to be looking for entrances to some obscure businesses). And there was absolutely no indication that anyone had any trouble seeing us. Apparently, we were visible enough. Our bikes both had dynamo powered lights, but neither of us had them on. Some people are not so lucky in the lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGD5P_LHEHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abqysSwOcIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbbiRxoWR4 You can find videos of almost anything on the web. It's called facts. Two university mates of mine were rear-ended in the lane. One lost a kidney, the other had a ruptured spleen. At least in one case the driver stuck around, something that doesn't appear popular anymore these days. Permission to stick head back into sand granted. BTW, do you really ride a bike? On the road? Are you telling us that you never take the lane? If I don't take the lane in some places, its dangerous. https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/...c1ab8d08_b.jpg Most of my commute this morning was riding in the middle of the road, which was basically the only place where one could ride. If I got far right, cars would have been squeezing by with about two inches of clearance, if any. Yes, I know you would take a gnarly trail or not ride at all for fifteen years or move to some cardboard town in the middle of Nevada nuclear test site to get away from it all. For the rest of us folks who live in population centers, however, taking the lane is not only reasonable under certain circumstances, it is the only safe thing to do. Permission to stick head back in sand granted. Of course I take the lane where needed and where allowed under California's AFRAP laws. Like yesterday in Sacramento when a Fedex truck block part of the road. Sure enough, a prick in a red Scion honked and "squeezed through" at speed. Caught him at the next light but he didn't want to listen to me or even look at me. "Mini road rage" is how many accidents are caused. All it takes is some low-life behind a wheel. Needless to say, the most enjoyable part of that trip was, of course, the 25mi section on a long bike path. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Oculus reaches 3000 lumens | Barry Beams | Techniques | 8 | August 22nd 17 04:21 AM |
How to easily measure lumens | Jeff Liebermann | Techniques | 23 | March 26th 17 10:31 PM |
bye, bye postie, another few thousand less bikes! | Mrcheerful[_2_] | UK | 4 | July 29th 10 10:29 PM |
Worth a thousand words ....probably more | DirtRoadie | Racing | 8 | July 28th 09 07:57 PM |
day fifteen thousand and something | Triball | Unicycling | 0 | October 13th 07 04:27 PM |