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my candle keeps blowing out
anybody using retro lights?
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therealkw15
MacRetro Rider
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I vivdly recall using things like this:
http://www.mvvcc.org.uk/features/lamps/pifcofront.htm
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pifco-Black-F...temQQimsxq20100114?IMSfp=TL100114019002r23958
Both very poorly fixed to the bike, and prone to bouncing along the road whenever you went over a bump or hole. Hence the cracked glass. They had a (now obscure) battery that was like two D cells (or SP2s in old Ever Ready parlance) with a contact on the front and springy flap contact on the top. In the first lamp the contact was made by screwing down the knob on the top until it touched the springy flap.
The rear light was a natty chrome one with a red dome on it, that I successfully converted to work as a brake light on my Esquire, to surprising acclaim, although I was about 12 at the time. 44 now, before the grandad insults come.
But fundamentally, they were really crap, heavy, and expensive to run.
http://www.mvvcc.org.uk/features/lamps/pifcofront.htm
and this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pifco-Black-F...temQQimsxq20100114?IMSfp=TL100114019002r23958
Both very poorly fixed to the bike, and prone to bouncing along the road whenever you went over a bump or hole. Hence the cracked glass. They had a (now obscure) battery that was like two D cells (or SP2s in old Ever Ready parlance) with a contact on the front and springy flap contact on the top. In the first lamp the contact was made by screwing down the knob on the top until it touched the springy flap.
The rear light was a natty chrome one with a red dome on it, that I successfully converted to work as a brake light on my Esquire, to surprising acclaim, although I was about 12 at the time. 44 now, before the grandad insults come.
But fundamentally, they were really crap, heavy, and expensive to run.
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marc two tone
Retrobike Rider
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wow! you can see the clash of practicality and convenience.
glad to see there are a fair number of retro light units in use.
glad to see there are a fair number of retro light units in use.
DxMachina
Dirt Disciple
Two Anlun T6 rear chrome lights, one Anlun Coyote chrome headlight, and a Anlun dynamo (all eBay)(and some LED frog lights in case of dynamo system failure) on my 3-speed
Both the rear lights and the headlight I have fitted with white 6v 100-degree LED MES bulbs (eBay). They give a brilliant bright light on a total power consumption of 720milliwatts (barely a quarter of the 3watt dynamo's output) - so little dynamo drag results.
A single diode in series and a 10000 microfarad electrolytic capacitor across the lights gives me about 30 seconds of stand-light then they drop to a dim glow that lasts a further minute. I intend soon to wire more capacitors in....
Both the rear lights and the headlight I have fitted with white 6v 100-degree LED MES bulbs (eBay). They give a brilliant bright light on a total power consumption of 720milliwatts (barely a quarter of the 3watt dynamo's output) - so little dynamo drag results.
A single diode in series and a 10000 microfarad electrolytic capacitor across the lights gives me about 30 seconds of stand-light then they drop to a dim glow that lasts a further minute. I intend soon to wire more capacitors in....
