It is actually totally ace ain't it!
I have another cool add on today... rack bolted light on the tailgun section. you might see it soon!
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Questions/Support/Help
Spotted
(14531 posts)- Started 14 years ago by recombodna
- Latest reply from jdanielp
- This topic is
sticky - This topic is
resolved
-
Posted 14 years ago #
-
Hmm, strange, it looks like TBC has replied but I can't see a post?
Edit-Oh I can now.
Posted 14 years ago # -
"I have another cool add on today... rack bolted light on the tailgun section. you might see it soon! "
Cool, will look out! Sounds like a good idea since I am worried about panniers obscuring seat post lights.
Posted 14 years ago # -
It is completely unobscured and bright. BIG reflector panel too.
Posted 14 years ago # -
thebikechain "I have another cool add on today... rack bolted light on the tailgun section."
I do like to have rear lights bolted on - I know it's possible to remove anything but if it looks like a rack reflector then people don't notice / leave alone.
What make? I've sold bikes with a few ones fitted from unbranded to B+M Toplight.
Does it have flash mode?
Posted 14 years ago # -
http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/store/product/27954/RSP-CityBright-1-2-Watt-Rack-Light/
There you go. It is an RSP/Generic Raleigh Taiwan Special. It has 2 flash modes
1. The centre light stays on and sides flas
2. All flash
(in addition to all on of course).Posted 14 years ago # -
Thanks...
Bolts on to suitable racks (80mm hole spacing already punched through - 50mm also available) for better security.
So has holes marked for 50 too? I know RSP products and they do offer great value.
This now has it's own topic.
Posted 14 years ago # -
I think the Tourer needs one of those rack lights.
Posted 14 years ago # -
"This should maybe go on it's own topic if ok with chdot?"
Er...
You don't need my permission to start new threads - especially about things largely/wholly unrelated to original topic.
Posted 14 years ago # -
I know - just did :-)
Posted 14 years ago # -
Well what do you know? I ran in to TBC (not literally..) in almost exactly the same place again this morning. Forgot to look at the rack light though, d'oh.
I also spotted a bike with a sort of side car arrangment on the Roseburn earlier on. It was being towed behind but was off to the left hand side.
Posted 14 years ago # -
"in almost exactly the same place again this morning"
Just shows how reliable bike travel is, (unless one of the travellers is Anth).
Posted 14 years ago # -
"Just shows how reliable bike travel is, (unless one of the travellers is Anth)."
Oi!
I'm not even sure I know what that means. For the record I've seen Min the last two days in almost exactly the same place too... :P
Posted 14 years ago # -
Yup that is true! The exact crossing place seems to go in stages as well. A few days of the same place, then it moves to a different place. Kind of a predictable randomness-synchronicity.
Posted 14 years ago # -
"I'm not even sure I know what that means."
Just pointing out the long saga (chronicled here) of not/meeting Min on your daily journeys - obviously this is due to changing starting times, different bike/routes - which all add to attraction of commuting by bike and, in general, reliability.
@Min I presume there are other people you see regularly - most won't be on CCE, though some might.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Aha I see!
I've got regulars I see. One chap I'm now on nodding terms with as we pass; another I've not seen for a while would always say hello and once commented on the bike being nice. Others, of course, I see every day, but resolutely remain tunnel-visioned.
You're right though. It's only really a VERY strong headwind or deep snow that will have a noticeable impact on the journey times. And I love the possibility of changing routes on a whim knowing that traffic isn't going to make it difficult (tend to do this going home more than coming to work for some reason).
Posted 14 years ago # -
Yes there are. I give some of them nicknames. :-D
(nice ones of course!)
Posted 14 years ago # -
"I give some of them nicknames."
Careful - some of them might be on here...
Posted 14 years ago # -
Oh don't worry they are all nice/inoffensive like GuyWithDog who is always really cheerful.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Do you ever see the ManInnaMac? Kirst and I used to comment on him to each other and how confusing it was in the summer when he changed into a poorly fitting half-mast trousers suit or the like. Always, every single morning, walking along the Innocent.
Where he is on the path is a good indication of how early or late I'm running.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Oh yes I see him all the time but tend not to use him as a guage as I see him too far along the path. I prefer to use the chap that is always between the tunnel and the pavement section. If he isn't, I look at my watch!
OrangeVest once messed with my head quite badly when I saw him in South St Andrew Street rather than just entering the tunnel. Quite serious displacement that!
Posted 14 years ago # -
Your commuting territory sounds far more amusing than mine. My most common company on the ride is;
Bus man
Taxi man
Private Hire Car man
White Van manCan't say I've got any polite nicknames for them
Posted 14 years ago # -
I see little old man with big dog, old lady with little dog, man on bike with funny shaped head, hot guy on bike with funny sunglasses, Walking Man in a Mac, bloke on bike with round helmet, and that other bloke.
Posted 14 years ago # -
and that other bloke
Oh I've seen him. I think
Posted 14 years ago # -
"I see little old man with big dog, old lady with little dog, man on bike with funny shaped head, hot guy on bike with funny sunglasses, Walking Man in a Mac, bloke on bike with round helmet, and that other bloke."
Panicking now as to which I am...
Can't remember which chap it is on here who wears a skirt, but you weren't at the Botanics this lunchtime were you?
Posted 14 years ago # -
"Can't remember which chap it is on here who wears a skirt, "
That'll be "Maninaskirt" ;-)
Posted 14 years ago # -
There is/was another chap with a bike and a skirt though i don't think he was on here.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Ive been known to cross the meadows in the morning wearing a miniskirt and fishnets, thought i wouldn't get away with it, but there was just enough coverage!
Posted 14 years ago # -
It has to be said, many of the mamil's I've seen in cycling tights would be a lot easier on the eyes if they'd stick a hockey skirt or something over the top!
Maybe they could be convinced that pleats are aerodynamic, you know, like the dimples on golf balls :-))
Posted 14 years ago # -
"That'll be "Maninaskirt" ;-)"
Nah, not him.... :P
Posted 14 years ago #
Reply »
You must log in to post.
posts
