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Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 11256102)
In a word . . . overkill.
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Thats good if the bar just comes off in tight spaces. I just have 2 rear lights at the moment, but its still summer ;-)
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This is a great thread! The sarcasm is evident, but to the OP's credit, no matter what the response, you got responses! Like Kelly Bundy said in Married...With Children: "they may call me bimbo, but at least they call me".
On a serious note, I ride a lot at night. In the city I feel fine with one rear light on my helmet and sometimes one on the frame, but I ride into the suburbs a bit, too, and there the roads are twistier, darker and car speeds are higher. I really like your setup and might rig something like it for just such occasions. Thanks for posting! |
Originally Posted by kegoguinness
(Post 11259526)
On a serious note, I ride a lot at night. In the city I feel fine with one rear light on my helmet and sometimes one on the frame, but I ride into the suburbs a bit, too, and there the roads are twistier, darker and car speeds are higher. I really like your setup and might rig something like it for just such occasions. Thanks for posting!
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Smile and they wonder what you are up to.
Originally Posted by lumpynose
(Post 11258953)
This is a great thread! The sarcasm is evident, but to the OP's credit, no matter what the response, you got responses! Like Kelly Bundy said in Married...With Children: "they may call me bimbo, but at least they call me". |
Originally Posted by Keithmj
(Post 11258509)
That sound like a neat idea but I went with this instead..http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...14_3659953.gif..I seen several other bikers at night wearing these (Diehard Bikers) and I seen the vest before I even saw their flashing lights. ANSI Class 3 level 2 vests are designed for high traffic areas over 55 mph and that is what I encounter at night. Got it from Alertshirt..http://alertshirt.com/wiraja.html
The flag is basically for day time use but I have put some reflective tape on it but I have to try it to see if it stays on, if not I'll get a reflective flag or use something else. On my ankles I use the reflective snap bracelets because I also noticed that the pedals going around is usually about the first thing you see of a bicyclists at night due to the reflectors on the pedals. Trial and error with this setup will help me decide to keep it or lose it but from what I see now is that it might and should work..And the idea for the center FoxFire commuter light I got from another poster in these forums...Cheers Fred all the way...Where's Fred? While I don't quite have your setup, admittedly I have gone nearly that route on my commuter... and at one time have used as many as 4 rear facing blinking lights and 3 white forward facing lights and a rescue strobe. Currently I have two forward facing lights in a Nite Rider system and three rear facing lights. One being a 24 LED steady on Nite Rider light, the other a PBSF... and the third just a regular blinky located right on the back of my saddle. I like the vest. Dorky as heck, but if a motorist can't see it, they should not be on the road. You just cannot have enough reflective stuff on at night. Good price on that vest too. Now if only we could wake up the texting drivers! |
It is not something I would use, I do a lot of loading on/off the bus and squeaking through narrow places. That being said, it is a good execution. You might look into SOLAS (Safety Of Life at Sea) tape to cover the boom. That would make it even more conspicuous.
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To make it break away in the event of some impact google up something called a frangible coupling. Same thing they use on stuff mounted near runways. Obviously you probably need something that breaks at a lower stress but I'm sure somebody makes it.
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Overkill for my purposes, but on a 55mph road in Florida I'd go a little extreme as well. Now you just need a bunch of Superflashes attached to some wire to spell the word "Detour" and have a left arrow underneath it :).
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Aesthetically its not great looking, but functionally it is fantastic. As long as it works for you and has the desired effect you were going for then that is all that matters.
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Very Nice...
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Originally Posted by Robert C
(Post 11267276)
It is not something I would use, I do a lot of loading on/off the bus and squeaking through narrow places. That being said, it is a good execution. You might look into SOLAS (Safety Of Life at Sea) tape to cover the boom. That would make it even more conspicuous.
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It does feel like overkill, but as someone who drives at night, one of the biggest problems with cycles is judging just how far away they are. LED lights are so bright, they can be very deceptiv.
The large area and distance between the lights will give drivers a much better sense of how close they are and how quickly they are overtaking. I'd keep the blinking lights in the center and the outside lights constant on. |
If you're going to the trouble to mount a light bar, you should at least take advantage of the horizontal space to do the running sequence from right to left that says in universal language "go the fark around".
you know . . . . X . . . X X . . X X X . X X X X X X X X X . . . . X . . . X X . . X X X . X X X X X X X X X |
I am humbled. Just yesterday I removed the three tail lights I had on my bike because I felt like they were getting a bit clumsy. I thought mine were pretty amazing, but...I'm speechless.
It look like you might have an interesting handlebar setup also. |
lol...this is great.
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Video
Here is what the setup looks like in the dark. Two lights steady and all steady and all flashing and then without the FoxFire light...
You wanted to see a video of them, here they are..Cheers..:D |
hopefully you dont cause any seizures
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Originally Posted by mondaycurse
(Post 11269597)
Overkill for my purposes, but on a 55mph road in Florida I'd go a little extreme as well. Now you just need a bunch of Superflashes attached to some wire to spell the word "Detour" and have a left arrow underneath it :).
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I would be pissed if I came up on you on a dark road with all that flashing crap being brutally honest you will probably blind someone.
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I was going to poke a little bit of fun at you when it occurred to me that I could do a modified version of your setup and solve my own problem. You have therefore been spared a devastating barb of my caustic wit. I use panniers and a backpack bungeed to the cargo rack on my Torker Graduate for commuting. The backpack blocks sight of the seat post mounted tail light and the Graduate doesn't have enough clearance between the rack and the fender to mount a taillight on or underneath it. Two taillights mounted on a short piece of PVC pipe, eight inches or so long, laid across the back of the rack and secured by velcro should solve the problem. Thanks for your post, I think your idea will prove useful!
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