Show me your milk crates!
05-22-23, 02:34 PM
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When commuting in hours of darkness on busy 4 lane 55mph roads, a bicyclist can never have too many lights or reflectors. Sturdy baskets are also useful for mounting elevated lights so they can be seen by more than the first vehicle in a line of vehicles approaching from rear at high speed.
Bottom photo was taken with flash, note how well the reflectors (the bottom three red objects return the light to the source.
Bottom photo was taken with flash, note how well the reflectors (the bottom three red objects return the light to the source.
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A couple of someday-projects in waiting, if my wife doesn’t trash them with malice
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I love old simple technology like this, However the amount of reflected light (because of the small surface of reflector) is not much, something that you need for drivers appraching you to see while their eyes see more of the oncoming brighter light from opposite direction of traffic, So a cheap simple small $30 red strobing Cygolite might make a bike more visible from farther distances behind.
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I didn't tell you to remove your reflectors 😊 So yeah keep them; and more "Power" to You and to your "Tower of Power". man 😊
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05-30-23, 12:41 PM
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The first bike is my previous cargo bike. A tandem recumbent converted into a cargo bike with 2 milk crates and panniers made of bird seed buckets. Bike has been sold and replaced with a used Radwagon3. This time I used a larger veggie basket vs a milk crate because I wanted one larger box vs two smaller ones. However the milk crates are way more sturdy. But it works well.
I also figured out that I prefer my old panniers over the buckets. Easier to load and not as wide.
I also figured out that I prefer my old panniers over the buckets. Easier to load and not as wide.
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So glad I came back to check the thread! And I'm about to buy an elongated milk crate from over the river in Jersey. They said they have like 20 of them and want $1 a piece. Just sayin;, let me know if anyone is interested who's within about 30 min of the tristate area (PA/DE/NJ, heck even MD).
