On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 17:24 -0700, Lynne Fitz wrote: >> >> I still commute on Bleriot. In a few days the light will come on and >> stay on. And I'm happy it is there. Completely reliable. I do not >> expect it to EVER fail. The beauty of a generator light is that you >> never have to "ration" turning it on. Ever. > > And you never ever have to remember to charge it, or keep track of when > it's time to recharge. I used to get 3 trips on a recharge of the > NiteRider battery, which over time became 2 1/2 trips - hence the > resonance with your comment about "rationing". > > The worst part of my commute was 1 1/2 miles from the end, where the > bike trail goes under the bridges on the GW Parkway, the railroad line > and Rt 1. There are lights, but there were several years when they > weren't working, and at night under those bridges with rip-rap on one > side of a narrow bike path and the guard rail and the Four Mile Run on > the other side, it's dark as the inside of your pocket and a certain > crash if you misjudge. I dreaded having the light go dim down there, > and it happened more than once. > > I love generator lights. >
I have one on the tandem and one on the atlantis. I've debated getting another for the rom but I almost always ride the atlantis if i'm riding at night. The remark that made me the happiest about my headlight was when I was riding up behind some folks walking who turned when I was passing them and said "wow, I thought you were some sort of motorcycle from that light" -sv -- 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-bu...@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.
