I love that video, it's so funny. I'm guessing you could entertain yourself well as a child. I had one of each, my younger son would play and become his toys...loved hearing him voice his action figures. My older son would look at me like, what are we doing next? Ha
I have rarely ridden at night but I think it would be so cool!! I'm getting dyno-fever. Doug On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 2:00:52 PM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Doug, who would have guessed? I’m a fairly conservative spender; I don’t > color my hair or get my nails done or spend time at the spa (but I will > spend good money on great shoes). I have historically made only small, > inexpensive changes on my bikes. Big ticket items for me would be Nitto > racks. I’ve always ridden stock wheels and with the exception of my Big > Bens, I’ve always ridden stock tires. My Rivendells were such a noticeable > improvement from Walmart that I was sublimely happy. What would I possibly > change? > > But, the more you learn the more aware you become of options. You discover > you have *preferences.* You develop wish lists. > > I have long wanted dyno. I started riding at night this year and found > that it really, really did something for me. I would listen to music and I > would sing. On my bike. Who knows who heard? There is likely a Nextdoor > thread wondering about my state of mind somewhere. I don’t care. All the > things I hadn’t made time to process or feelings I didn’t let myself feel > would be processed on those night rides. Sometimes my sense of humor would > come alive and I would make goofy videos and set them to music (you’ve seen > them on Instagram). I came to really depend on those rides. > > But I had these battery lights. The rechargeable Cygolite is just the > worst. It would start flickering, threatening to die on me after only 45 > minutes of use. I hate it. Plus, it’s taking up real estate on my already > crowded bars. I will say my rack light that is battery operated is ok, but > it’s cheap plastic and I’m pretty sure if I bump it into anything it’s > going to shatter. Well, the thrill of those night rides was being impeded > by the fear of running out of battery and being stranded without light. Not > the end of the world on my well-lit MUP up Killer Hill but a total deal > breaker for when I’m in the bike lane on the street. > > I will never worry about running out of light again. And that’s really > something. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7570ed2d-94c1-40b2-b168-0d466d7122b6%40googlegroups.com.
