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Old 02-28-12 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ben80south
I had a compass on the stem because in China you often can't see the sun due to the pollution (yes, it is that bad -- it was the reason I left the country) so the compass helped out with that.
Well, it does depend on where you are. I agree there are places in China with terrible air pollution, but Shanghai definitely isn't one of them - I think the air here is reasonably clean for a city of nearly 25 million people, and has noticeably improved in the more than 4 years I've lived here

I'm running a pair of 18650 powered flashlights on my commuter. I didn't go for the super powerful ones simply because I rarely venture out of the city into places where there isn't a lot of street lighting. The lights I've got are plenty bright enough, and I'd imagine even on a dark road they'd do reasonably well at full brightness too. The double U shaped mounts are excellent - plenty of Shanghai streets are pretty bumpy, and I've never had a light come even close to popping out going over a bump.
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