I don't really think they are that dangerous, just the amusement my mind finds in small dangers. They typically drip water onto the carbide that produces a flamable gas so you shouldn't have a lot of unburned gas at any one time. Just the thought of riding a bike with a flame and a fuel souce...and the way my luck goes with these sort of things.
On Dec 8, 9:51 am, "PATRICK MOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Eric, > > > First I will apologize for my warped mind. > > > My grandfather had a carbide miners lamp...not the brightest or safest > > things in the world. Converting the 1890s lamp is certainly the way > > to go. I'd love to see how it turns out. > > > I have visions of a peaceful nighttime bike ride, a bit of gravel or > > water in a turn and suddenly...KABOOM...Eric's exploded! > > > Glad it's being converted. Beautiful bike! > > Are carbide lamps really that dangerous? If so, I got lucky; while in > college I was a regular night patrolman/watchman at 20th Century Fox's > Malibu set ranch, and when on set (as opposed to patrol) duty I'd shove a > twin mattress in the back of my old Ford wagon and sit out in the wilderness > in the front seat with a miner's carbide lamp on my forehead reading my > Great Books texts. Earlier I had an even more primitive oil bicycle lamp, > spring mount so that bumps didn't put out the feeble flame. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
