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Rob of the Og
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| Sh!t I just rode back to the office on an oybike ( www.oybike.com ) without a helmet and now I'm dead. |
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martin smith
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| olamba wrote: |
That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed.  Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees.
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Tucker
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Rob of the Og wrote: |
| Sh!t I just rode back to the office on an oybike ( www.oybike.com ) without a helmet and now I'm dead. |
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mattr
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| olamba wrote: |
That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed. Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees. |
you'll just get blinded once you start with the 3000 lumens of lighting |
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olamba
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| olamba wrote: |
That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed. Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees. |
thought you'd have worn it at Mildenhall
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fatface
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| the scores are evening up a little |
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one man army
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Rob of the Og wrote: |
| Sh!t I just rode back to the office on an oybike ( www.oybike.com ) without a helmet and now I'm dead. |
They've just opened a franchise of this in Jerusalem
www.oyoyoybike.com
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Salsiccia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| one man army wrote: |
| Rob of the Og wrote: |
| Sh!t I just rode back to the office on an oybike ( www.oybike.com ) without a helmet and now I'm dead. |
They've just opened a franchise of this in Jerusalem
www.oyoyoybike.com |
I had to click on that, even though I knew it wasn't real 
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| olamba wrote: |
That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed. Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees. |
you'll just get blinded once you start with the 3000 lumens of lighting |
I was planning to ride with my light pointing away from me.
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mattr
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| I was planning to ride with my light pointing away from me. |
Watch out for anything remotely reflective.  (as if you couldn't work that out.......) |
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mig
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| olamba wrote: |
That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed. Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees. |
you'll just get blinded once you start with the 3000 lumens of lighting |
I was planning to ride with my light pointing away from me. |
which light is this? 
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mattr
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| mig wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| olamba wrote: |
| That cool Campag casquette you bought |
Well i'm glad someone noticed. Makes my ride to work much safer as now i'm not blinded by sunlight riding through trees. |
you'll just get blinded once you start with the 3000 lumens of lighting |
I was planning to ride with my light pointing away from me. |
which light is this? |
not really 3000 lumens, just way too much (IMO/IME) for bridleway commuting http://www.veloriders.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1216257&highlight=#1216257 I ride (sometimes at great speed) with similar or less illumination. |
No such thing as too much. It's like saying something is too good.
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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you're right - i've just bought one of these instead:
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mattr
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| No such thing as too much. It's like saying something is too good. |
Really? Too much light washes out all the features you need to look for (so you don't fall off), especially as the light source is coming from where you are rather than the sky (so the shadows are all the wrong size and shape too).
But this one really is f**king mental.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bit-of-a-crackers-light-i-know |
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| No such thing as too much. It's like saying something is too good. |
Really? Too much light washes out all the features you need to look for (so you don't fall off), especially as the light source is coming from where you are rather than the sky (so the shadows are all the wrong size and shape too).
But this one really is f**king mental.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bit-of-a-crackers-light-i-know |
Yeah, you're right, i always can't see where i'm going if the sun is behind me.
Oh, no wait - yes i can.
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mattr
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Yeah, you're right, i always can't see where i'm going if the sun is behind me.
Oh, no wait - yes i can. |
Martin Missing The Point.
(Well, at least its better than another f**king helmet thread.) |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| No such thing as too much. It's like saying something is too good. |
Really? Too much light washes out all the features you need to look for (so you don't fall off), especially as the light source is coming from where you are rather than the sky (so the shadows are all the wrong size and shape too).
But this one really is f**king mental.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bit-of-a-crackers-light-i-know |
Looks alright to me, where can I get one?
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mattr
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| No such thing as too much. It's like saying something is too good. |
Really? Too much light washes out all the features you need to look for (so you don't fall off), especially as the light source is coming from where you are rather than the sky (so the shadows are all the wrong size and shape too).
But this one really is f**king mental.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bit-of-a-crackers-light-i-know |
Looks alright to me, where can I get one? |
Email the guy at the top of the thread, "Trout" by name. |
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
Yeah, you're right, i always can't see where i'm going if the sun is behind me.
Oh, no wait - yes i can. |
Martin Missing The Point.
(Well, at least its better than another f**king helmet thread.) |
Mattr talking bollocks. too much light at 480 lumens? you're having a laugh. sunlight is about 32,000–130,000 lumens per square metre.
I can confidently say i can see better with my hope 4 set on full power (980 lumens) than i can whith it set on half power. and even that with it's entire beam concentrated on one square metre is still between 0.75% to 3% as bright as direct sunlight.
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