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Old 03-13-10, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dminor
You are always more than welcome. I'll PM you my contact info.
Cool, thanks for the info

Today I took out Reflecto-Bike and rode to Riverside, did a slow-ish lap of the 24-hour course with a couple guys, then rode from Riverside to the South Hill and hit the bluff, then onto Highway 195 back to town. That was a good calorie-burner, 47 miles. Alas, I have no pizza, or it would be baking right now

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but the problem is that when you have a nuclear explosion occurring behind you it "washes out" your dinky 400lumen light.
Some guy actually *had* a nuclear fusion light on the ride today, and you're right, it totally washes out even my Pro 1200. Fortunately, it was mounted real high up so my shadow wasn't being projected in front of me, and it lit everything up real good

But seriously, I understand your point and when I'm on a group ride, I usually don't ride right on peoples' wheel like some of the young'uns do. Part of the reason is so I can see what I'm about to run over, and to allow recovery time if they bobble. But it also reduces the shadow effect a lot.

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