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Mojo31 09-07-21 06:10 PM


Originally Posted by noodle soup (Post 22219847)
Alright guys. I'm looking to buy 2 1000ish lumen cordless lights, What's the hot deal? I only ask here, because this is where the true consumers hang out.

Aren't all bike lights cordless? Would be tough getting miles if you had to ride plugged in.

Night rider lumina 1100 is on Amazon for $80.

WhyFi 09-07-21 06:31 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22219855)
Aren't all bike lights cordless?

​​​​​​No.

LesterOfPuppets 09-07-21 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22219855)
Aren't all bike lights cordless? Would be tough getting miles if you had to ride plugged in.

Night rider lumina 1100 is on Amazon for $80.

My mega bright bike light has cords. You only need one while riding though, from the lamp to the battery. I put the lamp on my helmet and battery in center jersey pocket.

I've tried small one-piece lights on my helmet and I didn't like it. Even fairly light 300 lumens ones were too heavy on my head before long, gotta have the battery located somewhere besides the helmet.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...deac708d95.jpg

datlas 09-07-21 06:47 PM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 22219850)
Certainly people in health care have to know the efficacy of vaccines? Do they actually argue against the facts?

Yes. Won’t go into details because P&R.

bampilot06 09-07-21 06:50 PM


Originally Posted by ls01 (Post 22219178)
Some people can ride 98 miles and claim they rode a century. Some can put on a century ride that's only 98 miles long.
I would say if you didn't change clothes, it's a century.


I didn’t know I could do that……..

datlas 09-07-21 06:52 PM


Originally Posted by noodle soup (Post 22219847)
Alright guys. I'm looking to buy 2 1000ish lumen cordless lights, What's the hot deal? I only ask here, because this is where the true consumers hang out.

Cygolite metro pro 950.

big john 09-07-21 06:54 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22219920)
Yes. Won’t go into details because P&R.

I can dig it.

MoAlpha 09-07-21 07:11 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22219756)
My organization’s board just announced that employees must be vaccinated fully by 10/31 or they will be fired. I think that is reasonable but a couple of our best nurses are anti-vax and likely to vote with their feet. Sad.

30 Sep for us. No testing option. Sorry about the RNs!

indyfabz 09-07-21 07:13 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22219787)
You're gonna eat a lot of bugs riding around like that

#askmehowiknow

I am pretty sure I was eating a Cliff Bar at the time.

Mojo31 09-07-21 07:23 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22219912)
My mega bright bike light has cords. You only need one while riding though, from the lamp to the battery. I put the lamp on my helmet and battery in center jersey pocket.

I've tried small one-piece lights on my helmet and I didn't like it. Even fairly light 300 lumens ones were too heavy on my head before long, gotta have the battery located somewhere besides the helmet.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...deac708d95.jpg

Learnt something new. Would have thought that lightweight battery tech would have made those obsolete.

Velo Vol 09-07-21 07:27 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22219920)
Yes. Won’t go into details because P&R.

Let's chat in P & R!

WhyFi 09-07-21 07:34 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22219999)
Learnt something new. Would have thought that lightweight battery tech would have made those obsolete.

These are probably significantly brighter and packing much more juice than you're assuming and you also need to consider the manner in which these are used. Folks that buy these kinds of light are more likely to be touring and/or doing ultra-distance events where swapping out a battery pack may be more convenient and more affordable than multiple integrated units.

Mojo31 09-07-21 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22220017)
These are probably significantly brighter and packing much more juice than you're assuming and you also need to consider the manner in which these are used. Folks that buy these kinds of light are more likely to be touring and/or doing ultra-distance events where swapping out a battery pack may be more convenient and more affordable than multiple integrated units.

Makes sense.

Back when I shot football for MaxPreps I used wired battery packs for my flashes instead of AAs. Cheaper and lasted longer.

datlas 09-07-21 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22220002)
Let's chat in P & R!

Remember the movie “War Games?”

Velo Vol 09-07-21 07:48 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22220021)
Back when I shot football for MaxPreps

Oh?

Velo Vol 09-07-21 07:50 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22220041)
Remember the movie “War Games?”

Kind of. But I'd rather discuss the COVID political war.

datlas 09-07-21 07:53 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22220048)
Kind of. But I'd rather discuss the COVID political war.

The way to win is not to play.

Mojo31 09-07-21 07:56 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22220045)
Oh?

Yep, couple of years when my kids were in HS. My daughter was an athlete, so I was tied into all the coaches. Had court and field access for the games in our district. Did football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, and marching band. Shooting was fun, but MaxPreps was a PITA. Ended up just putting my stuff on a website, basically giving it away to the players and parents.

LAJ 09-07-21 08:03 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22220056)
The way to win is not to play.

In this case, you're spot on.

big john 09-07-21 08:10 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22220041)
Remember the movie “War Games?”

A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would be a fierce warrior Indian chief

Many moons passed 'fore the dream grew strong
Until tomorrow he would sing his first war song
And fight his first battle, but something went wrong
Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

Velo Vol 09-07-21 08:13 PM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22220056)
The way to win is not to play.

Dumb times we're in that one can't say much more about a disease than anecdotes without it being political.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22220057)
Yep, couple of years when my kids were in HS. My daughter was an athlete, so I was tied into all the coaches. Had court and field access for the games in our district. Did football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, and marching band. Shooting was fun, but MaxPreps was a PITA. Ended up just putting my stuff on a website, basically giving it away to the players and parents.

You have one of those two-foot long lenses?

Velo Vol 09-07-21 08:14 PM

This is misleading--winter is 3x longer than summer.


Mojo31 09-07-21 08:17 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22220081)
Dumb times we're in that one can't say much more about a disease than anecdotes without it being political.

You have one of those two-foot long lenses?

Had two, actually. Have since sold them. Now my biggest is one-foot long.

DougRNS 09-07-21 08:57 PM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 22220079)
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would be a fierce warrior Indian chief

Many moons passed 'fore the dream grew strong
Until tomorrow he would sing his first war song
And fight his first battle, but something went wrong
Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

Jimi!
#CastlesMadeOfSand

genejockey 09-07-21 10:07 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22220081)
Dumb times we're in that one can't say much more about a disease than anecdotes without it being political.

Yes. I don't think it's political, though, to observe that too many people nowadays have access to too much information with no training or experience to correctly interpret it.


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