They don't even pay road tax Joe. **Off topic thread**

Harrybelafonte

Weepsie wrote: »

"First, cyclists see me as a hero, non-cyclists as a fool."

I see her as an eejit for having the bag over the handlebars

So does she

"Obviously it was stupid to cycle with anything on the handlebars. Perhaps, for the first time in my life, I will learn from my own mistakes and start using a pannier."

Admitting mistakes shouldn't evoke derision but a bit more respect.

Weepsie

True, i was perhaps a bit too harsh particular as I've had at least one stupid, entirely avoidable accident.

ROK ON

Weepsie wrote: »

"First, cyclists see me as a hero, non-cyclists as a fool."

I see her as an eejit for having the bag over the handlebars

She is possibly one of the best journalists in Europe - she calls out bs & pretentiousness for what it is - and she does not spare herself from that either.

Wishbone Ash

Battery Question:

My Lezyne front light takes a Lithium-ion 18650 3.7v 2400 mAh battery. I have an additional spare battery for long night rides.

One of the batteries appears to be on the way out as it switches to the minimum setting after a few minutes and goes out after about 30 mins.

A few questions (apologies - my knowledge of electronics is very limited).

1. Do I need to replace with a Lezyne branded battery?
2. Does it have to be 2400? (I've seen 2200 and 3200 for sale).
3. Anyone know a 'bricks & mortar' shop which may sell them? (Maplins only do it online and I need it by the weekend. CRC don't seem to stock them anymore).

Thanks.

ford2600

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Battery Question:

My Lezyne front light takes a Lithium-ion 18650 3.7v 2400 mAh battery. I have an additional spare battery for long night rides.

One of the batteries appears to be on the way out as it switches to the minimum setting after a few minutes and goes out after about 30 mins.

A few questions (apologies - my knowledge of electronics is very limited).

1. Do I need to replace with a Lezyne branded battery?
2. Does it have to be 2400? (I've seen 2200 and 3200 for sale).
3. Anyone know a 'bricks & mortar' shop which may sell them? (Maplins only do it online and I need it by the weekend. CRC don't seem to stock them anymore).

Thanks.

Email mtbbatteries.co.uk what your requirements are he may be able to help. I've found him excellent to deal with.

Can't help on bricks and mortar

astraj

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Battery Question:

My Lezyne front light takes a Lithium-ion 18650 3.7v 2400 mAh battery. I have an additional spare battery for long night rides.

One of the batteries appears to be on the way out as it switches to the minimum setting after a few minutes and goes out after about 30 mins.

A few questions (apologies - my knowledge of electronics is very limited).

1. Do I need to replace with a Lezyne branded battery?
2. Does it have to be 2400? (I've seen 2200 and 3200 for sale).
3. Anyone know a 'bricks & mortar' shop which may sell them? (Maplins only do it online and I need it by the weekend. CRC don't seem to stock them anymore).

Thanks.

Don't think is has to be 2400mha. Higher mha would result in a longer time lit I think.
That is my basic understanding of batteries.
Seen one advertised on Adverts. Search for 18650. Second ad in list. I think this will suit.

PS not my advert or anyways involved with the advert.

CramCycle

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Battery Question:

My Lezyne front light takes a Lithium-ion 18650 3.7v 2400 mAh battery. I have an additional spare battery for long night rides.

One of the batteries appears to be on the way out as it switches to the minimum setting after a few minutes and goes out after about 30 mins.

A few questions (apologies - my knowledge of electronics is very limited).

1. Do I need to replace with a Lezyne branded battery?

No, any battery that you can attach the fitting to that is 3.7V

2. Does it have to be 2400? (I've seen 2200 and 3200 for sale).

Nope 3200 should last longer

3. Anyone know a 'bricks & mortar' shop which may sell them? (Maplins only do it online and I need it by the weekend. CRC don't seem to stock them anymore).

Not that I know of, Peats if they were still that type of a store. Best bet would be to look around for mates with a similar light and ask can you borrow a spare battery, or contact any shop selling those lights and see can they get their hands on a spare in short turnaround.

Alek

18650 comes in two varieties: protected (with a small circuit built-in, slightly longer) and unprotected. The former is a tad longer, I believe Lezyne takes unprotected as it has its own electronics to care about over(dis)charging. Check it with da internetz further.

Anything above 3000 mAh from Far East is most likely fake capacity (Ultrafire, Trustfire etc.) I'd aim for a good brand, Sanyo or Panasonic, around 2800mAh.

Have you tried Maplins?

Harrybelafonte

Alek wrote: »

18650 comes in two varieties: protected (with a small circuit built-in, slightly longer) and unprotected. The former is a tad longer, I believe Lezyne takes unprotected as it has its own electronics to care about over(dis)charging. Check it with da internetz further.

Anything above 3000 mAh from Far East is most likely fake capacity (Ultrafire, Trustfire etc.) I'd aim for a good brand, Sanyo or Panasonic, around 2800mAh.

Have you tried Maplins?

See point number 3

Harrybelafonte

Afaik, vaporisers use the same battery. Some of the sellers of that particular product might have them or shops that sell head lamps?

Rogue-Trooper

Tenzor07

Interesting one from the US, Ambulances there are starting to put "bike racks" on the vehicles, so at least your bike won't get left behind...

Lusk_Doyle

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Interesting one from the US, Ambulances there are starting to put "bike racks" on the vehicles, so at least your bike won't get left behind...

I wonder do they have enough empty beds for that!

elric

Alek wrote: »

18650 comes in two varieties: protected (with a small circuit built-in, slightly longer) and unprotected. The former is a tad longer, I believe Lezyne takes unprotected as it has its own electronics to care about over(dis)charging. Check it with da internetz further.

I think you're incorrect about Lezyne using unprotected batteries. My Lezyne Super Drive XL came with a protected 18650 and the manuals for the 2012 and 2013 versions of their lights states that you should use protected 18650 replacement batteries.

Alek

I think you're incorrect about Lezyne using unprotected batteries.

I stand corrected I had Lezyne Power Drive only for a brief time and my memory fails more and more often...

Chips Lovell

You were riding your bike in Terenure.
I was driving my car.
I almost missed you because you had no rear light.
You seemed to be trying to compensate for this by having a front light so powerful I had to hold my hand up to the rear view mirror to avoid getting dazzled.

Raam

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

You were riding your bike in Terenure.
I was driving my car.
I almost missed you because you had no rear light.
You seemed to be trying to compensate for this by having a front light so powerful I had to hold my hand up to the rear view mirror to avoid getting dazzled.

So you got him?

wanderer 22

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

You were riding your bike in Terenure.
I was driving my car.
I almost missed you because you had no rear light.
You seemed to be trying to compensate for this by having a front light so powerful I had to hold my hand up to the rear view mirror to avoid getting dazzled.

This reads like a Robert Frost poem

Idleater

colm18 wrote: »

This reads like a Robert Frost poem

A bicycle and car diverged in yellow morning sun of Terenure

Alek

Was he wearing hi-viz?

Lusk_Doyle

Alek wrote: »

Was he wearing hi-viz?

The sun?

Alek

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

The sun?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5213366/Owners-buy-hi-visibility-jackets-for-hens-to-stop-them-being-run-over.html

Jawgap

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

You were riding your bike in Terenure.
I was driving my car.
I almost missed you because you had no rear light.
You seemed to be trying to compensate for this by having a front light so powerful I had to hold my hand up to the rear view mirror to avoid getting dazzled.

How about a haiku.....

Cloaked in winter dark
The blinding light in front
Dazzling stupidty

lennymc

or a limerick

There was a young lad on a bike
The car driver said 'oi, take a hike,
With dazzling light, you gave me a fright
you half witted ignorant tike'

eeeee

Or a 'missed connections' piece. At the wedding he can say Jep lit up his life...

manafana

Surely the rules of the road go out the window once your wearing hi vis. What about all the cars that go around with no lights on in dark paint jobs, do they need some hi vis too?

On other side is this cold snap to last till the weekend or will it be gone before then?

Beasty

manafana wrote: »

On other side is this cold snap to last till the weekend or will it be gone before then?

What cold snap? - felt positively balmy today (maybe I was just well wrapped up). Forecast for the rest of the week is looking ominous though with lots of doom and gloom (except for schoolkids!) forecast from tomorrow in the UK press

CatFromHue

Anyone see the Dispatches show on Channel 4 last night?

It was about cars, diesel cars in particular, and Nitrious Oxide emissions (which are bad for you).

They did a once off experiment where they fitted NO meters in a backpack and gave them to people who were commuting to work by bus, car, pedestrian, and cycling.

The cyclist ended up with the least amount of NO and the car the highest (the back pack was left on the passenger seat of the car).

So cycling really is healthier for you :O

tomasrojo

NOx, rather than nitrous oxide, I assume?

manafana

Beasty wrote: »

What cold snap? - felt positively balmy today (maybe I was just well wrapped up). Forecast for the rest of the week is looking ominous though with lots of doom and gloom (except for schoolkids!) forecast from tomorrow in the UK press

Yeah sorry I meant coming from tomorrow on.

Watched the c4 show a little over dramatised as always to create that OMG factor but point made about something most people thought that diesel has many negative external ties outsode of co2 emissions. Isn't reason cyclist faired best due to fact he doesn't stay long in the one spot, assume its best not to sit on the tail of a bus either, isn't it one of reasons electric or hybrid cars are exempt from the congestion charge in London

Macy0161

In the car, so inevitably stuck in traffic. Ridiculous number of motorbikes undertaking (at speed) on the left up the cycle lane. Already seen 2 near misses where they've nearly taken out cyclists. Is this the latest f*ckin thing I need eyes in the back of my head for on when commuting on the bike?

ford2600

Macy0161 wrote: »

In the car, so inevitably stuck in traffic. Ridiculous number of motorbikes undertaking (at speed) on the left up the cycle lane. Already seen 2 near misses where they've nearly taken out cyclists. Is this the latest f*ckin thing I need eyes in the back of my head for on when commuting on the bike?

Watch out for other drivers posting on internet forums ;-)

You may be a passenger of course...

Macy0161

ford2600 wrote: »

Watch out for other drivers posting on internet forums ;-)

You may be a passenger of course...

Well I was actually in a petrol station stopped when I posted, but it didn't sound as dramatic!

Lusk_Doyle

Macy0161 wrote: »

Well I was actually in a petrol station stopped when I posted, but it didn't sound as dramatic!

Did you pull in specifically to post?!?!

Macy0161

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Did you pull in specifically to post?!?!

No, to get petrol!

lennymc

Macy0161 wrote: »

In the car, so inevitably stuck in traffic. Ridiculous number of motorbikes undertaking (at speed) on the left up the cycle lane. Already seen 2 near misses where they've nearly taken out cyclists. Is this the latest f*ckin thing I need eyes in the back of my head for on when commuting on the bike?

as a motorcyclist who use cycle lanes, I can say that kind of behaviour really annoys the hell out of me. If a bicycle is in the cycle lane, then the motorcyclist should wait until it is safe to pass rather than barge through.

If it's any consolation, I have often had motorbikes pass me on the motorbike in an unsafe manner. Clowns.

Actually, come to think of it, most of the issues and bad behaviour that annoy me as a cyclist annoy me as a motorcyclist.

mjsc1970

lennymc wrote: »

as a motorcyclist who use cycle lanes, I can say that kind of behaviour really annoys the hell out of me. If a bicycle is in the cycle lane, then the motorcyclist should wait until it is safe to pass rather than barge through.

If it's any consolation, I have often had motorbikes pass me on the motorbike in an unsafe manner. Clowns.

Actually, come to think of it, most of the issues and bad behaviour that annoy me as a cyclist annoy me as a motorcyclist.

As both a motorcyclist and cyclist I agree with everything you've said in your post.

manafana

mjsc1970 wrote: »

As both a motorcyclist and cyclist I agree with everything you've said in your post.

However tempting a mototcyclist shouldn't be in a dedicated cycle lane really. I know the canal (southside) is a prime example of times motorcycles used bike lanes too often

mjsc1970

manafana wrote: »

However tempting a mototcyclist shouldn't be in a dedicated cycle lane really. I know the canal (southside) is a prime example of times motorcycles used bike lanes too often

Correct, however, if there's no cyclist in the dedicated lane and its the only road space available, on a motorbike I'd make slow progress in this lane by filtering up the inside of stationary traffic.

CramCycle

mjsc1970 wrote: »

Correct, however, if there's no cyclist in the dedicated lane and its the only road space available, on a motorbike I'd make slow progress in this lane by filtering up the inside of stationary traffic.

You could always overtake, I often find myself overtaking rather than use the cycle lane.

lennymc

manafana wrote: »

However tempting a mototcyclist shouldn't be in a dedicated cycle lane really. I know the canal (southside) is a prime example of times motorcycles used bike lanes too often

a dedicated cycle lane is a dedicated cycle lane, and Imho only authorised users should be there, but where there is a shared cycle lane, I have no problem using it.

I do actually prefer to overtake, but sometimes it's just not practical. If I wanted to sit in traffic, I would take the car (and sit there giving out about cyclists and motorcyclists.... )

Edit - actually screw it. I'm off to set new strava records on the cycle paths at the canal!! Yeeeehaaaaa!!!

ThisRegard

manafana wrote: »

However tempting a mototcyclist shouldn't be in a dedicated cycle lane really. I know the canal (southside) is a prime example of times motorcycles used bike lanes too often

Yip. One morning some fool on a chopper style one came up being a bunch of us stopped at one of the bridges, skidded and almost wiped a lad out while trying to avoid the main queue in the cycle lane.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I overtook a guy on a scooter yesterday, it was a slow and very very strange process.

CramCycle

Titan Scrawny Glasses wrote: »

I overtook a guy on a scooter yesterday, it was a slow and very very strange process.

Its an odd one when, if its particularly slow/heavily ladened, you hear the buzz of a thousand hairdryers trying to catch you and failing

magicbastarder

Titan Scrawny Glasses wrote: »

I overtook a guy on a scooter yesterday, it was a slow and very very strange process.

i used to pass a colleague on his scooter going downhill from clonskeagh; i think he said his scooter topped out at about 30mph.

Zyzz

Titan Scrawny Glasses wrote: »

I overtook a guy on a scooter yesterday, it was a slow and very very strange process.

I passed a Ferrari once..

magicbastarder

ouch.

CramCycle

Zyzz wrote: »

I passed a Ferrari once..

I had a Jag pull over and say he couldn't keep up with me, no traffic jam for an excuse either :cool:.

AstraMonti

I was stopped by a garda car for "speeding" on the bike once (and yes I am serious).

Zyzz

CramCycle wrote: »

I had a Jag pull over and say he couldn't keep up with me, no traffic jam for an excuse either :cool:.

I'd probably report that to the Zoo.