CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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LightSkin TechSpecs:
- 5 high-power LEDs
- Durability up to 400 hours
- 2 Alkaline AA batteries required
- Water resistant
- 10 different modes
- Weight 360g without batteries
Available in the following sizes and colors:
27,2mm – black, silver, white
30,8mm – black
31,6mm – black
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No need to worry about where you might have put that back light. I wonder how easy it is to change batteries?
Looks like it crying out to be dynamo driven.
Not very practical for touring or urban bikes. What if you strap something to the top of the rear rack? Fine for a racer* or MTB.
* I refuse to call them 'road bikes'. No apologies for any offence caused.
Wonder if one could secure a coil of outdoor led's round the frame, powered by a solar unit strapped to the saddlebag? Think of all the funky flash modes!
Not very practical for touring or urban bikes. What if you strap something to the top of the rear rack? Fine for a racer* or MTB.
* I refuse to call them 'road bikes'. No apologies for any offence caused.
Type of bike is irrelevant, neither my road bike or my mtb would fit it since one has a Carradice and the other a baby seat. Odds are they'd be fine for most people with tourers (commuters) since one pannier carries most stuff and very few use a top rack. Frankly they look perfect for a commuter, not sure what an urban bike is, how often does your average commuter cover the seat post that high up?
When it fails, I wouldn't want to have to replace my seat post. Also, it's located conveniently in one of the places on the bike where you are likely to want to hang something right infront of it. Hard to move between bikes.
@crowriver - no self respecting "racer" / "roadie" would burden themselves with unnecessary grams of lights if they could avoid it!
Grumble grumble!
"...how often does your average commuter cover the seat post that high up?"
Dunno how average I am, commuting-wise, but my cable and padlock dangle in their bag from the saddle rails. Maybe the average commuter leaves a lock on a rack in their office.
Though it would still be no use when using a child seat or wearing a longish coat it'd be better to integrate a light into the saddle, where it could be charged by the regualr squeezing action of the bum.
Carradice. That's all.
You could have a light built into a Carradice which is charged by the alarming side-to-side swinging action it exhibits.
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