Tried the Turtle lights?
04-22-05 | 08:39 AM
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From: On the Road
Bikes: Custom built tourer, custom electric bike, beaters everywhere
I'm a bike commuter but my heart is in touring so I usually hang there.
A couple of months ago I was at Mountain Equipment Coop and bought a couple of Turtle lights. As you can see from the thumbnail they are tiny little LED lights (red and white) you can attach to any bike instantly with an elastic cord.
I have a couple of beaters at subway stations, so leaving any accessory on the bike is begging for theft. I just carry these on my courier bag and hook them up to the bike I'm on.
Does anyone else do this?
A couple of months ago I was at Mountain Equipment Coop and bought a couple of Turtle lights. As you can see from the thumbnail they are tiny little LED lights (red and white) you can attach to any bike instantly with an elastic cord.
I have a couple of beaters at subway stations, so leaving any accessory on the bike is begging for theft. I just carry these on my courier bag and hook them up to the bike I'm on.
Does anyone else do this?
04-22-05 | 01:08 PM
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From: Podunc, Minnesota
Bikes: '14 Bacchetta Corsa, '93 Ryan Vanguard, Action Bent SWB USS
I put them on my hubs. It created a great strobe effect for all to see. But the batteries didn't seem to last and the spring/battery-contact lost it's strength and they would loose connection and turn off.
04-22-05 | 01:21 PM
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Nashbar has em also. My grandson has swiped em to use as "lasers".
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
04-22-05 | 03:02 PM
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From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bikes: Mountain Bike rebuilt for commuting
They're fine for occasional use, but not for daily use. I had one on my beater bike that I used daily in flashing mode, and the battery wore out in around 2 weeks. Definitely nice and bright for the size, though, and small enough to tuck away for an emergency flat battery "be seen" situation. I can see them being handy for touring, too, due to the size, plus the fact you can use the red one at night to see without losing your night vision.
