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From: Harry Bloomfield on 8 Dec 2009 13:27 Adrian pretended : > They're metal rails, sunk into the road surface. How can they be "hard to > spot"? Oh they are easy to spot - if you try to turn and find you cannot turn, you have found a rail. You then just need to decide to fall off to the left, or the right :-) -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Elder on 8 Dec 2009 14:07 In article <153d8c24-d2f6-4844-a93a- 043cdc9435ad(a)d20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com says... > ...is this guy. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8400094.stm > > Play the video and you'll see at least two things; > > 1) It's pitch black at night. > > 2) His bike light isn't suficient to light the road ahead of him for > the speed that he is travelling at. > Looking at the video, the chances are, because you see any of the beam from his bike light, it is probably too bright and therefore illegal. There is no minimum brightness for a bike light, but for it to be legal it must be BS or E marked, and there is a maximum brightness. Something like 3/3.5 watts. I bike like isn't mean't to illuminate the way for the rider, it is designed show that the cyclist is there. Having said that, I would never ride my bike at night without 27watt Night Suns. 7watt dip/riding beam, 20watt long range flood beam. Totally illegal and not sold in the UK for road use, so I had to lie to the company I bought them from. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Clive George on 8 Dec 2009 14:29 "Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message news:MPG.2588b44be9186ef8989abf(a)news.individual.net... > Having said that, I would never ride my bike at night without 27watt > Night Suns. 7watt dip/riding beam, 20watt long range flood beam. Totally > illegal and not sold in the UK for road use, so I had to lie to the > company I bought them from. Old tech. LEDs have pretty much completely superseded those old halogen lumps. Generally lower power and as bright as you want. Pity about the prices :-(
From: FrengaX on 8 Dec 2009 14:44 On Dec 8, 9:57 am, Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > ...is this guy. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8400094.stm > > Play the video and you'll see at least two things; > > 1) It's pitch black at night. > > 2) His bike light isn't suficient to light the road ahead of him for > the speed that he is travelling at. > > etc Can I make a proposal that the newsgroups uk.rec.cycling and uk.rec.driving swap names? The former is already littered with post about cars and driving, and now we have cycling-related posts to a driving newsgroup. Or have I missed some redefinition of these words?
From: Adrian on 8 Dec 2009 14:59
FrengaX <hnkjqrh02(a)sneakemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Can I make a proposal that the newsgroups uk.rec.cycling and > uk.rec.driving swap names? The former is already littered with post > about cars and driving, and now we have cycling-related posts to a > driving newsgroup. Or have I missed some redefinition of these words? Perhaps there could be a newsgroup that combined the two - and other road vehicles? Since it focussed on transport more generally, it could be called uk.transport, p'raps? |