This is why I use two battery-powered taillights. The chances of both of them dying on the same ride are minimal. Two different flashing patterns might also get noticed better than one.
-Wesley On Jan 27, 6:24 pm, mark <markfel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought the day of the wired taillight was over until I found myself > a few miles from home on a busy highway with half dead batteries in my > taillight. Not a nice feeling at all. My winter commute bike has a > battery powered taillight because I take the lights, fenders and > studded tires off for summer use, but the tourer has a wired taillight > running off the SON and I like it a lot better. I do use a Super Flash > in blink mode on both bikes to augment the non-flashing taillight, but > it's reassuring to have one light that always works when the bike is > moving. > > The winter bike and the tourer have the headlight at the fork crown > and the wire wrapped around the fork leg from the hub to the light, > with zip ties at the ends to keep everything tidy. For the taillight > on the tourer, the wire runs under the seat tube with the computer > speed and cadence wires, under the BB shell, wrapped around the chain > stay a few times on its way to the rear dropout, up the leg of the > rear rack and to the light. If you're going to carry panniers it might > not hurt to wrap the wires in electrical tape where it follows the leg > of the rack. I use zip ties at crucial points to keep the wires tidy. > > If you locate the wires carefully under the seat tube and BB shell > they really aren't that obtrusive, and if you don't like the look of > zip ties I suppose you could glue the wires in place or use clear > plastic packing tape. If you really wanted to be fastidious I suppose > you could route the taillight wire under the chainstay protector, but > I'm just not that fussy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
