OneEighth Sighting

[Tim Kelley]

dbb spotted at the tip of Hains Point this morning. It was too dark for a photo.

[DaveK]

@Dirt 33552 wrote:

Rode in with SkreaminQuadz this morning. We were both a little blurry after yesterday’s MoCo epic.

Saw ArlingtonRider yesterday morning, SQ on the ride home as well as my non-forum-reading former neighbor. He moved off the Hill to Fairfax near Glencarlyn and is still bike commuting – 8 miles or so now versus 2 when he lived next door. If you’re reading this JJ, you rock. And I miss your dogs.

[Justin Antos]

Sighted ArlingtonRider last night on the 14th St. Bridge as I headed back into DC. Hopefully I covered my front light in time to keep it from blinding too much!

[Arlingtonrider]

Justin, I hope I didn’t blind you! I think I had it turned down. Sorry I missed seeing you! I was heading to Two Wheel Tuesday in Shirlington. Good program – Will post something up about it later.

[slowtriguy]

I had a nice ride with Dirt this morning along the Custis between the I-66 underpass and Lincoln — thanks for the chat! Sorry no pictures…

[Dirt]

@slowtriguy 33836 wrote:

I had a nice ride with Dirt this morning along the Custis between the I-66 underpass and Lincoln — thanks for the chat! Sorry no pictures…

It was nice riding with you, sir! Had I been awake, I would have snapped photos.

[Dirt]

That’s SQ hiding behind that amazing Exposure Diablo handlebar light.

[skreaminquadz]

Wow, and I keep it at the Low setting. Sorry to my fellow MUT users, I will try and cover it as I pass by.

But I truly do love that light – I’ve given away every other light I own once Pete introduced me to this thing. Thank you sir for all the cycling knowledge you’ve exposed me too!!

[DaveK]

I keep my lights on high on most trails since most of the ones I ride are unlit. I do aim them down though. Not much to be done about it.

One idea I keep coming back to is retrofitting one of these into a chopped Maglite housing for bar-mount purposes. I think I could build a complete system with bulb, ballast, battery pack for under $400. And it would come with a proper beam pattern cutoff unlike almost every bike light out there.

Idle hands…

[skreaminquadz]

Dave – that would be one heck of a light. Let me know how it turns out if you decide to do it.

[Dirt]

@skreaminquadz 34234 wrote:

Wow, and I keep it at the Low setting. Sorry to my fellow MUT users, I will try and cover it as I pass by.

The photo was taken from a very low angle. Your light isn’t bad. I too keep mine aimed low and on the lowest setting. I actually get BETTER vision in most conditions because I’m able to use what ambient there is to see further than if I had the light blaring at full power. Some dark areas need more power than the lowest setting.

Dialing back the speed also makes it so that I can ride safely with less light too.

Rock on!

[OneEighth]

@Dirt 34287 wrote:

Dialing back the speed also makes it so that I can ride safely with less light too.

Does not compute.

[jrenaut]

@DaveK 34238 wrote:

I keep my lights on high on most trails since most of the ones I ride are unlit. I do aim them down though. Not much to be done about it.

One idea I keep coming back to is retrofitting one of these into a chopped Maglite housing for bar-mount purposes. I think I could build a complete system with bulb, ballast, battery pack for under $400. And it would come with a proper beam pattern cutoff unlike almost every bike light out there.

Idle hands…

To Kickstarter!

[Dirt]

@OneEighth 34337 wrote:

Does not compute.

The Cat6 Ninjas haven’t figured that one out yet either. You have a choice: Crank up the lights so you can see well at speed or dial back the speed so you have time to react to having less warning.

We just need to get you a 2200 lumen Exposure Reflex.

[OneEighth]

I have the Exposure Diablo, too. I just like to rely on the Force.

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