I'm not super happy with all the Chinese lights I currently have in play, would love to have a look at these when they arrive. I haven't been doing quite enough night riding the past couple of winters to justify new lights, but we'll see how this year goes.
O RLY... you let a monkey know if you wanna find a new home for those. When I check @Nick's and see if they're nice I could be interested / justified in purchasing a not-quite-new set... wink wink nudge nudge...
I was just being an ass. I am using them once or twice a year. Try to run them down and charge them up twice a year to maintain battery. With my flexible schedule, I rarely need to ride at night, but they are nice to have.
if they are in fact an evolution of the Ituo lights they will be very nice. the only complaints with the Ituo was the remote switch (original version worked well, but wasn't super intuitive) and the helmet mount (early versions were plastic and prone to breaking, they addressed this by switching to metal) seem to have been resolved.
@Full Trucker I'd love to start a Wed night ride at NTM, while hopefully not attracting The Man®
one thing i don't seem to be able to find is the replaceable lenses..... the ituo had ones that would alter focus from flood to spot.
Eschew The Man®
Light beam pattern is my #1 complaint about the Chinese (Bright Eyes, Magic Shine, one of those knock-off cheap-o brands) that I have. I have different lenses for spot vs. flood, but generally the beam pattern isn't great. Also light color / temperature of these things really washes out the trail IME. Not sure if it's the color of our dirt, or that the beam pattern is SO hot / spotlight like even with a flood lens. Or a combo.
Perhaps one day when I have some land, I will let the Monkey collective keep a vacation vehicle on the property. Perhaps.
the gemini ones seem to have the same programable levels as the ituo, there's a high medium and low setting, but they can be adjusted in 10% power increments.
In the office or out in the woods? Context is key.
suburban malls. milf hunting.
I just got one of these:
www.outboundlighting.com
Pecker Peeler.
"Build a house, " they said. "It'll be fun, " they said...
Verdict is still out on that one.
Leonardo Dicaprio is renting the house a few doors down from where my wife works while he shoots a movie in Boston. All the thirsty moms in the area are now on the prowl, apparently in case he's tired of his usual cadre of models.
I think it was @FarkinRyan who said he was running the new Outbound Hangover. I went and had a look at those. They seem really interesting, and for a great price. I'd recommend having a looking at those.
Try the Gloworm lenses. I think ActionLed will have them. Jim has been really good to deal with in the past.
Clown shoes is good, but a little overrated/overpriced. Fiddleheads is top notch
Not I, only the cheapest most house-burning-down chinese LEDs and batteries for this monkey.
Fiddlehead
I drank too much of that in VT last summer.
a college buddy of mine lives outside bennington now. he got married a few years back, and had a keg of fiddleheads at his wedding.Fiddlehead
So ethanol and isopropanol don't separate out from water; the alcohols and acetone could conceivably evaporate out, were the system open, which it shouldn't be...
Maybe it wasn't rain-x, thinking back I might have gotten this from a random gas station when I ran out. Its been in there since the middle of summer, probably. For the system being sealed, its not really. There is a cap at the top of the jug, but its not exactly what I'd call sealed shut, there is no seal or o-ring on it.
I have a magic shine Eagle M2 which has 5 power setting and both a flood and a spot beam. I run that on the bars. On the helmet I have the newer version of the Bright Eyes spot (beats the crap out of the original) which also has 5 power settings. Only issue with the Bright eys is that I have to wear a pack to carry the battery but the run time of both far exceeds the amount of time I spend riding at night. With the combo rocky singletrack is doable (within limits) and I can blast down fire roads at daylight speeds.
Shit maybe thats why it is red. I'll give it a lick and tell if you its cherry or watermelon flavoured.Did you get it from one of these windshield washer dispensing machines?
did you wind up with the ohlins you were after?Just got a text from former coworker that my fork is in. Screwing out of work after this meeting to go get it
Holy shit that seems excessive?! I suppose for road riding that would be better for visibility, but seems absurd for trails imo.
Fiddlehead's Second fiddle is meh, but their original juice (First fiddle?) is good isht.
yea, pretty sure it was the original IPA he got a keg of. i drank quite a lot of it.
I will not.
you mean last last summer right?Fiddlehead
