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vlado4
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 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:51 pm |
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 Can't decide if BikeLove is one of the 7 deadly sinsJoined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:54 pmPosts: 674Location: LynLake
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What do you guys think of this light? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dyn ... f=categoryIf it is sufficiently bright, I think it has definite advantages. Once light is installed, never have to worry about batteries dying, and it seems that it causes way less drag than a dynamo... Opinions?
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hokan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:38 pm |
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I'll be interested in hearing how it works. It's not the first, though: http://www.reelight.com/ was discussed here.
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omgmrj
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:01 am |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:15 amPosts: 7145
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Meh.
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JenNastix
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:06 am |
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 Praying to God for the Flamme RougeJoined: Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:56 pmPosts: 2500Location: Atop the highest horse in town.
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hokan wrote: Fucking bike lights powered by magnets, how do they work? I'm not here to help things. 
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dasunt
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:17 pm |
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 Has recurring nightmare of descending Ramsey Hill no-handedJoined: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:00 amPosts: 4390Location: Whipping Cult Central
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There prototype mounting system looks horrible.
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Atomkinder
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:56 pm |
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 If you can't see a blinky, how do you know it's really blinking?Joined: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:52 pmPosts: 5297Location: S Murderapolis
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dasunt wrote: There prototype mounting system looks horrible. Agreed. It wouldn't be hard at all to fashion a bracket that attaches to the fork. Putting this light on a brake seems like an atrocious idea, especially given that the brakes are a moving force, sometimes they wobble or catch, and then you can say goodbye to your light entirely. A small piece of bent tubing and a Cateye-like flex mount (like this one: http://www.bikepartsplace.com/images/med/31162051.jpg) would fix that quickly. Maybe they'll see this? 
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Jimperialism
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:37 pm |
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| Paul Sherwen GroupieJoined: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:42 pmPosts: 111Location: portland&lake
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This is a pretty brilliant system. The form factor is shitty, but that can be resolved (seriously, a crabon rectangle? is it supposed to literally be iconic?).
The way it works is magnetism and its relation to electric current in conductive materials. Magnets in the light induce magnetic flux (changes in the magnetic field strength) in the rim, which results in an electric current in the rotating rim. The turning wheel, being electrified, creates its own magnetic field which the light uses to induce a current in itself. Or something.
Anyways, make it not look stupid and I'll buy 4
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