Originally Posted by
mcours2006
Did you bleep out the expletives?
Originally Posted by
mtb_addict
Where do have it mounted?
Do you have to take your hand off the h-bar to use it?
I would never be quick enough to do it in time unless the button is right next to my finger.
On this, my main bike I ride the hoods and the button is under my left pinkie. The bell is under my right thumb. On my old drop-bar roadie I spend more time on the uppers (where I have a set of interrupter brake levers) and the button is next to the stem, next to my left thumb. The bell is on the stem and my right thumb rings that. On my strait bar MTB commuter the horn button is also next to my left thumb, and the bell is next to my right thumb.
Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
you were in shade. good argument for using daytime strobes
I have a 500 lumen Niterider MiNewt that I run in flash mode when it's overcast or raining (and of course solid at night). It's always in my backpack...I'm thinking I may start using it.
Originally Posted by
JReade
I'd be outta juice in the horn after a week. People love to race right to the stop sign around here.
You pump this one up with a pump. 80psi on the older plastic ones, 100psi on the newer metal ones. I get about 20 seconds on the plastic and 30 seconds on the metal. They pump up from zero in about 10 pumps with a floor pump, and 80psi is easy with my mini frame pumps, the last 20psi to 100 is a little tougher, but I now have a frame pump with a foot that you can step on. I kneel on my left knee, hold the pump steady with my right foot and it's not too bad. Much better for my 55-year-old back than a traditional frame pump. (Although with those I use the "charleston" method where I hold my knees outside my hands and use both to squeeze the pump. All my pumps have integrated psi gauges.
Originally Posted by
alan s
Close is when you have to skid or swerve to avoid being hit.
I have become more wary and cautious over the years. I can't remember the last time I had to do that...but then there's always the ride home!