On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 23:43 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > That's a real possibility for one of the two rear lights I like to use > at night, flashing and steady. The problem with all the LED tail > lights I've used is that they need to be more or less on-axis if they > are to have full effect. Clipping one to a saddlebag means that, > usually, it will be off-axis -- y'all have probably seen night riders > with blinkies pointing earth- or skyward and therefore giving only > feeble illumination. I do have a strobe (Lightman) that will work well > even off-axis, but strobes use batteries at a far higher rate than > even brilliant LEDs: the Lightman has a life of 2 hours on 2 fresh > AAs.
I've seen plenty of bikes with one or even two Planet Bike blinkies fastened to the seat stays down near the dropouts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
