I have a good setup for attaching lights to the uni frame. Vistalite makes a
light set that has two small 10 watt lamps that would attach to the handlebars
on a bike (each one next to the shifters). So I cut an 8" piece of .75" PVC pipe
(black) and attached it to the bottom of my bottle cage. The pvc is used in
place of the handle bars, and is close enough to the frame that the lights never
hit the ground when it falls, and are out of the way of my legs. Another little
modification was to place a “L” shaped allen wrench through a hole in the
schwinn seapostt, then wrap the battery container around the seat post and the
protruding wrench. This keeps the batteries from twisting, and sliding down.
Works great. The two lights allow for a near/far lighting, or if i’m in traffic,
I will turn one around to face backwards so that the cars can see. FYI, i bought
the lights in a local classified for about $70 USD.
sjb
Lars Burgstahler wrote:
> > the dips and humps to come. More scary are the cars, I haven’t found a > > really good place for a front light on my frame yet. One which is not > > obscured by legs, any surgestions. I already wear a reflective jacket and in > > the UK lights must be attached to the frame of the cycle to be legal. sarah > > Hi, there is one cool combination of dynamo and frontlight by a company called > MARWI. The thing is called MAUS. It’s a cylinder that rolls on top of the > wheel and you can switch it on and off with your hand. It’s attached at the > same place, a brake would be attached, just in front of the fork. They use a > UNION halogene frontlight. This thing rocks (and sprays like hell if the road > is wet). I think I could bring some pictures to the BMW. > > lars > > – > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > When was the last time you were really flabbergasted? - CIRCOMIQUE > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Circus Calibastra: http://www.calibastra.de > ------------------------------------------------------------------
My sense of this used to accord with Danny’s, until I started commuting on
streets designated as bike routes. I quickly found last winter that “bike route”
was synonymous with both “unlit” and “desperately in need of repair”–I needed
the light to see the obstacles that invariably threw themselves under my wheels.
If being able to see the road isn’t important (because one happens to live in a
city with well-lit, smooth streets), I’d just go with a white blinky LED light
in front and a red one in back for visibility–they’re plenty cheap (around
US$10 apiece) and last for about 100 hours on a couple of AAA batteries. I
suppose that, if you have a smooth pedal stroke and don’t need to pinwheel your
arms around for balance, you could just hold a flashlight.
> As far as night riding goes, the main function of a front light on a bicycle > on most roads is to prevent cars turning across the traffic flow in front of > you. The most likely cause of head injury is going into the side of such a car > and being thrown over the handlebar into the car body. Is this really a > significant risk on a unicycle? Note I do not question the need for a front > light when night riding. > > – > Danny Colyer danny@mos.clara.net Whose martial arts and gymnastics training > allows him to roll out of pretty much anything, so he may appear less > sympathetic to the untrained than he really is. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Kittle Department of English CSU, Chico Chico CA 95929-0830 ph: > 530/898-5305 fax: 530/898-4450 email: pkittle@csuchico.edu www: > http://www.csuchico.edu/~pdkittle > -----------------------------------------------------------
Well since you should be wearing a helmet, just about any helmet mounted bike
light should work. We ride all the time after dark up here in Alaska, either
that or not ride. Can get good tail lights that mount to your post from your
local bike shop also.
Happy Trails R2
> Lars Burgstahler wrote: > > > > the dips and humps to come. More scary are the cars, I haven’t found a > > > really good place for a front light on my frame yet. One which is not > > > obscured by legs, any surgestions. I already wear a reflective jacket and > > > in the UK lights must be attached to the frame of the cycle to be legal. > > > sarah > > > > Hi, there is one cool combination of dynamo and frontlight by a company > > called MARWI. The thing is called MAUS. It’s a cylinder that rolls on top of > > the wheel and you can switch it on and off with your hand. It’s attached at > > the same place, a brake would be attached, just in front of the fork. They > > use a UNION halogene frontlight. This thing rocks (and sprays like hell if > > the road is wet). I think I could bring some pictures to the BMW. > > > > lars > > > > – > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > When was the last time you were really flabbergasted? - CIRCOMIQUE > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Circus Calibastra: http://www.calibastra.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Ragle <ragle@alaska.net> wrote in message news:3737D31D.22AE@alaska.net… > Well since you should be wearing a helmet, just about any helmet mounted bike > light should work. We ride all the time after dark up here in…
[Bites his tongue] …
No, I’m not going to start the helmet thread off again (I hope). It’s been done
to death, but I couldn’t let this should pass.
Lids and unis only go together for Muni and for exceptionally
uncoordinated/nervous people (IMHO). There is no should. It’s a matter of
personal preference.
As far as night riding goes, the main function of a front light on a bicycle on
most roads is to prevent cars turning across the traffic flow in front of you.
The most likely cause of head injury is going into the side of such a car and
being thrown over the handlebar into the car body. Is this really a significant
risk on a unicycle? Note I do not question the need for a front light when
night riding.
–
Danny Colyer danny@mos.clara.net Whose martial arts and gymnastics training
allows him to roll out of pretty much anything, so he may appear less
sympathetic to the untrained than he really is.