#bikelights — Public Fediverse posts

Despite the shorter days in mid #Autumn, #November is quite a good time for #cycling if the weather is settled. The only extra thing you need to remember is to bring your #BikeLights with you. Today, for example, it was a dull, overcast day but there was only a light #northerly #breeze and so riding your #bike in cool dry conditions is actually quite pleasurable.

#Cycle #Bicycle #Biking

You can tell that we’re in #November. There has been thick #CloudCover all day, with #Rain coming down over significant periods of the day. It has been dark and dank and although sunset was only about ten minutes ago, it has been feeling like dusk for a couple of hours already. My #BikeLights got put to good use today as did my #Overtrousers. It’s also lucky that I have two on the front and two on the back since one ran out of power en route.

#Bike #Biking #Bicycle #Cycling #Cycle #Autumn

@yantor3d

Whelp, here's one major down side....

If I break a spoke I have to take the whole battery hub off to replace it......

I'm not looking forward to how hard it was to get on in the first place.

But I still love these lights!

#BikeTooter
#PedalOn
#BikeLights

We are touched by the kindness and generosity of Outbound Lighting. Having such extraordinary bike lights isn’t possible for everyone who bikes, including many youth participants in our cycling education activities. But it is for two more, thanks to Outbound's thoughtful gift on April 13 of a Portal Wireless Helmet Light https://www.outboundlighting.com/collections/bike-helmet-lights/products/portal-bike-light and a Trail Evo Wireless Handlebar Light. https://www.outboundlighting.com/products/trail-evo-bike-light Muchas gracias, Outbound! And BTW, Penny sure is a cute shop dog: https://www.outboundlighting.com/pages/about-us.

#BicycleLights #BikeLights #MakeADifference #cycling #biking #bicycling

Sometimes people don’t use the bike lights legally required in their locale because they don’t know the laws (e.g., for California, https://bikemonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/CA-bike-law-summary-bilingual-2025.pdf). Other times, there are other reasons—in some cases, it’s that their family budget hasn’t allowed purchasing a reliable light.

Our gratitude to Shawna Wagner and Patrick Presco of NiteRider for contributing on April 13 a Lumina Micro 650 Front Bike Light. https://www.niterider.com/products/6784-lumina-micro-650?_pos=2&_psq=lumina-micro&_ss=e&_v=1.0 This allowed us to gift the light to a court-referred Salinas Valley teen participating in Bicycling Monterey’s project Alternatives to Fines for Traffic Citations. Thank you, NiteRider! https://www.niterider.com/

#TrafficSafety #TrafficFines #BikeLaws #BicycleLights #BikeLights #cycling #biking #bicycling

When a widely renowned Monterey County business, Light & Motion, ceased operations this year after 35 years, we became eager to know of other reliable lights for cycling.

That’s why we checked out the new KOM Cycling Quick Release 1000 lumen light. We do a lot of night riding, including on dark rural roads, and we appreciate this degree of brightness! It's also available as a 350 lumen light. Each has 6 operating modes—3 steady and 3 flashing, including an SOS light.

Concerned about bike light theft while parked? The light is very easy to detach and take with you.

Those of you using Garmin & Wahoo devices will appreciate that these lights come with the needed hardware to ensure compatibility with Garmin and Wahoo mounts and computers.

Details: https://komcycling.com/collections/cycling-lights/products/quick-release-light-1000

#cycling #biking #NightRides #BikingInTheDark #BikeLights #BicycleLights #CyclingLights #KOMCycling

In order to compensate for the missed couple of days of cycling during the week, owing to snow, I went on a #Night #Ride today. This enabled me to get used to #riding in the #dark. On my usual route, there are some fairly quiet and hence secluded and #unlit stretches, where #BikeLights are essential although it’s still very difficult to spot pedestrians in dark clothing (and also their dogs). Still, no close encounters today.

#Bike #Biking #Cycle #Cycling #Bicycle

#BikeTooter #BikeLights #cycling #Bicycles #BikeNitePQ David Hembrow (@hembrow) has a great primer on dynamo lights, and I’ve ordered parts from him in th past: https://dutchbikebits.blogspot.com/2012/01/selecting-and-installing-dynamo.html?m=1 (2/2)

Raspberry Pi-powered AI bike light detects cars, alerts bikers to bad drivers - (credit: Velo AI)

Whether or not autonomous vehicles ever work... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009851 #autonomousvehicles #machinelearning #raspberrypi #bikelights #bicycles #bikes #cars #tech

My Favourite Bike Lights of 2019 | Biolight vs Beryl vs $15 Wraparound Light

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/vhvq5XdrtHVAQA6vqjvvjM

Decorating my commuter bike with Christmas lights

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/tC56yhbXgB1yNkXydacM1s

Best lights for your bike commute | Riding a bike at night

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/gyeczX3tMot7CnJsbuFbau

Now that we have darker evenings, here is a great guide to the cycle lighting regulations in the UK from the excellent team at Cycling UK, the cycling charity.

The rules might not make much sense in places, but they are explained well.

https://www.cyclinguk.org/lighting-regulations

#Cycling #CyclingUK #BikeTooter #BikeLights #WeAreCyclingUK

No i pojechałem po samochód ... 🚲 @rower
#cycling #rower #szosa #biketoot #cyclingMastodon #winterRide #BikeLights #badzwidoczny

W nocy spadło trochę śniegu, który stopniał w ciągu dnia i było ryzyko oblodzenia na lokalnych drogach. Wolniejsze tempo (czarny asfalt jest zdradliwy, przekonałem się o tym wielokrotnie) i żadnej wyjebki.

#rower #cycling #biketoot #cyclingMastodon #BikeLights #winterRide

@rower

TIL about StVZO bicycle lights!

https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/buyers-guides/stvzo-bike-lights/

@cycling #bike #bikelights

Out scouting for last minute holiday lights to decorate bikes for New Year’s Eve! #BikeTooter #provincetown #bikelights #newyearseve

Nice video about hub dynamo lights by BikeShopGirl - I wish all bikes came with these as standard components. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4STuHZ61o4 #BikeTooter #BikeLights

As promised, here are some shots of the most recent completed iteration of my #BikeLights project

Forgot to post pics here of the finished #BikeLights project, so that's forthcoming. Currently working on a simple #flask #webapp that takes in a #gnucash database and outputs some helpful pages to tune my budgets and better understand my spending patterns.

I recently came back to gnucash after trying #ynab for a year. While the double entry accounting was sorely missed, I do miss the presentation of the data that ynab excelled in. Looking to strike a better balance with three modifications.