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AG: Light, light, and there is no light.
On 13/03/2017 11:59 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
Over on rec.bicycles.tech there's a long thread that consists of the same two posts being badmintoned back and forth, each side so intent on defeating the enemy that no communication can take place. Such emotions are contagious; every time I read the thread, I'm tempted to dive in and point out that the whole discussion is moot; for most people, battery lights are available and hub dynamos don't even exist. Thank goodness most of the combatants are in my kill file! I suppose that I could mark the thread Ignore, but I keep hoping that somebody will accidentally say something. The battle reminded me of my Ed Kearney light. It held up so well that when the bulb fell out of the housing, I was too old to go out after dark, so I never repaired or replaced it. I had added an emergency-in-case-of-failure red blinky when L.E.D.s came in, and that is still on the rack. Pauses to run out to the garage. The battery is dead. manages to pry open a case that was glued shut with at least fifteen years of road dirt Rotating the A cells in their sockets repaired the light. Batteries sure ain't what they used to be! We recently found a radio that still worked after being forgotten for twenty years, and a ninety-cent crank flashlight that was found after being lost for a year lighted up without being cranked. (I suspect that the flashlight had a supercap instead of a battery.) (For young whippersnappers: disposable batteries used to have a short shelf life, and sometimes burst open and ruined your flashlight if left too long.) I can't claim youth but I try to snap whippers as often as possible. I'm happy with the USB rechargeables that I use. I remember having to deal with actual batteries. But I found a light a while back that had those CR2032 batteries or whichever and even though I hadn't used it in years, it still lit up. I was impressed. Anyway, the important thing should be to make sure that you're visible. Everything else is a matter of personal preference IMO. |
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