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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: jags on November 30, 2015, 12:00:41 PM
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So anything wonderfull or strange happening in your neck of the wood .
here in Drogheda( btw we were on telly last night very good it was to.)
the weather is dire so im stuck indoors all day by the look of things,
the wife washed me one and only pair of Jeans and the weather is to bad to go in in shorts.
man oh man i hate winter if i win the lottery im buying a pad in spain or south of france
ah well moan over happy monday folks stay safe and be sure your lights are working .
anto
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Look on the plus side you could be living in Lincolnshire 8)
And another thing, I was becoming hypnotised the other evening when I was cycling with my front blinky light on.
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i put new batterys in my cateye tail light god help anyone behind me tis a powerfull light for sure. :o
my lezyne front headlight is great i use it during day rides on blinky works great ,i havent done much night riding this year but i never use the blinky for that reason drive a fella mad .
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and which cateye tail light might that be? I'm looking for a new one as it happens. :)
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cant think of the model but Andre has the same one.well worth the money.i'll see if i can find it on the www. ;)
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here u go
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cateye-tl-ld1100-10-led-opticube-rear-light-prod10788/
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Top man, thanks!
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no bother ;)
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The Cateye 1100 is the best battery taillight available anywhere, and has been for umpteen years; I'm surprised that no one makes a cheaper copy. I use it as a daylight blinkie (in addition to the BUMM Toplight Line driven by the dynamo) but it has a steady mode as well as several blinking modes and two levels of brightness. It's smart to keep a tiewrap across it lengthwise, between the bubbles, because two of mine had to be replaced when the cap popped off on the road and could not be found. As Jags says, a much-recommended lamp; you won't regret spending the money.
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Got one :) SJS had best price too. :) :)
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I don't think you can beat the "Smart Lunar R1 Rear Light 1 Watt " a real blinder both day & night. When following one of those it looks like the rider had a very hot curry the day before if you get my drift. ;D
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get your drift ;D ;D
great when u get lights that actually do what there supposed to do.
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I'm fed up too! November was the wettest and windiest month recorded at our local met station in 50 years! This, plus other issues meant I managed a mere 102 miles, my lowest monthly mileage since my records began :(
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still feckin raining here when will it end. :'(
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Cheer up or I'll tell you more of my jokes.
What did Winnie the Poo and Alexander the Great have in common?
Same middle names.
😁😁
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;D i'de get banned if i started cracking jokes Matt.
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My new light arrived today :) Great service from SJS. I also got some new ink cartridges but they, unsurprisingly, can wait!
I might be being a little 20W but can anyone tell me what the two grey strips are for?
Im thinking they might aid grip when attaching the light to particular surfaces but I'm probably completely wrong.
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...can anyone tell me what the two grey strips are for?
Im thinking they might aid grip when attaching the light to particular surfaces but I'm probably completely wrong.
They're padding for the round clips, or to avoid marking paintwork. I didn't use them because I attach my lamp with tiewraps to the rearmost crossbar of the rack, the proper space for a lamp being taken already by a BUMM Line Plus. The tiewraps makes it a permanent fitting, so that I don't have to take the lamp with me when I leave the bike.
However you attach the lamp to the bike, a tiewrap lengthwise around it between the buttons is essential to keep the cap on; lose the cap, which contains the switching, and the lamp is useless. I've lost two (http://two), and that was back in the days when this lamp cost 55 euro, so you can imagine I learned a hard lesson.
Something I forgot to say the other day about the fantastic Cateye TL-LD1100 rear lamp: on full blink, both rows, it runs about 200 hours on a set of batteries. Ripley! Even as a steady lamp, full on, all buttons in, it runs at least 10 hours on a set of batteries.
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Thanks Andre, I thought that would be the case. I'll attach my light to the rear of my rack so I'll not use the round clips for now. I'll certainly be using some cable ties to keep everything together though.
Incidentally a quick Google seach for BUMM Line Plus photos places your website in top place. A cunning wheeze to direct traffic methinks :)
Thanks again. Appreciated.
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came across this film on facebook just now its brilliant bad langauge here and there but worth a watch
http://www.ilovebicycling.com/cycling-explained-to-a-non-cyclist/