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kobyj
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 Posted: 10/08/03 - 08:07 Post subject: My bike gear arrived last night!
Last week I ordered a headlight and cyclocomputer for my bicycles. The reason was I've been commuting by bicycle at 4:30am and it's just a tad dark then. I wanted to be able to see and be seen.
So they arrived in the mail yesterday, I immediatly put them on the bike and did a test run last night. They were good, but I'd have to wait until morning to see how much it really helped.
I rode this morning and they are nice.  I can now see a good portion of the road, but more importantly, the other cars can see me.
Oh, and the computer. I found out that my route is actually a little longer then I thought it was and I found out that I average 17.3MPH for the ride.  Not bad considering I'm riding a 50lb 10-speed with a dufflebag filled with my gear for the day on the back and all the stopping and starting for the stoplights and stopsigns. Oh, and I don't have clipless pedals, this bike just has platform pedals.
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TriBob
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 09:08 Post subject: Re: My bike gear arrived last night!
| kobyj wrote: | I rode this morning and they are nice. I can now see a good portion of the road, but more importantly, the other cars can see me.
Oh, and the computer. I found out that my route is actually a little longer then I thought it was and I found out that I average 17.3MPH for the ride. |
Being seen is good. I have an issue about being run over.
Great speed. Bike computers still have to be calibrated. I got mine dialed in on a marked trail.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 09:47 Post subject:
Cool!
Being seen is always nice. 
I've got bike stuff on order too, but it's nothing nice.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 11:04 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: |
I've got bike stuff on order too, but it's nothing nice. |
Why'd you order it?
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purple hayes
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 11:05 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: |
I've got bike stuff on order too, but it's nothing nice. |
Why'd you order it? |
Because I need new tires and tubes.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 11:10 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | MechEngDropout wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: |
I've got bike stuff on order too, but it's nothing nice. |
Why'd you order it? |
Because I need new tires and tubes. |
I'd have low self esteem if I were a tire or tube and knew I wasn't nice.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 11:16 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | I'd have low self esteem if I were a tire or tube and knew I wasn't nice. |
If you were black and made of rubber, just how much self-esteem could you have? The only thing you have going for yourself is your extra long valve stem.
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kobyj
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Posted: 10/08/03 - 14:50 Post subject: Re: My bike gear arrived last night!
| TriBob wrote: | | Great speed. Bike computers still have to be calibrated. I got mine dialed in on a marked trail. |
Mine is close to being calibrated. I set it to the number the book says. I plan to do a rollout over the weekend. I only anticipate maybe one or two millimeters difference.
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