Ye gods, what have I done?!?! After a year, I've finally finished my homebrew Luxeon I tail light! It is a Lux-I, MicroPuck regulator, two AA batteries and a 5x20 degree oval-beam lens. The housing is just a clunky plastic shell with RTV to seal the window, so don't ask for pix, I just wanted to finally get it done with parts-on-hand. Anyhow, I noticed that cars are not passing me despite plenty of lane width, which is annoying because they're on my tail slowing traffic to the 7-10MPH crawl I do up this hill. When I got home tonight I decided to take a look before turning on the garage light. I was blinded at 25 feet, and could barely see the bike beyond the light! Ouch! I even had to look away from the light after turning the garage light on. I may have become one of those annoying jerks blinding other traffic with too-bright lights. I'm considering cutting the power to a single AA battery to tone it down. Are there laws about too-bright vehicle lights?

Finally making progress on my quad Lux-I headlight, too. It sucks that I don't have (legal) access to a shop milling machines or lathes anymore.