Had to get some needed gear this winter, although I did NOT get the Cateye Triple shot Pro that I wanted, (been waiting for 3 months now) I ended up getting a Nite Rider light. For those of you old enough, The Night Rider was the "Toe Cutter's" right hand man in MAD MAX, not to be confused with David Hasselhoff as Michael Night and "Kitt". If I have to associate that name with anything I'd prefer "mid-NIGHT Rider" from the Allman brothers. Names aside its the same light that I borrowed earlier this fall from Tater and it kicks ass! More than I wanted to spend but its awesome when cars actually wait before turning directly in front of you, and its almost overkill in the woods . Mr. 24 also recommended a bar map holder for TRANS IOWA, jeesh its only 8 bucks so I got one of those as well. Now all I have to do to win T.I.V3 is pay someone jacked on testosterone to impersonate me during the race and all is well. Needless to say I'll be outside instead of inside, sweating on the trainer. Might have to talk the Mrs. into a gravel road ride for 1/1/07. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!
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Look at you all geared up now! You'll look like one of those eco-challenges guys with that bar map holder.
Too bad it won't fit with the computer and light on my bars! maybe I'll wear it like Brett Farve does...
Umm...nightrider hid? Whats the burn time on that? Hope you bought an extra battery, TransIowa is in April ya know, stays dark fer awhile then.
DG
We'll be under a "day short of full" moon....so lets hope for clear sky's:) Happy New Year buddy:)
Peace
I wonder what I did with my map holder....hmmmm????
burn time for the LED's is 720 hours! HID light on low is 11 hours...with 120 of us heading down the road at the start at least i'll be able to see everybody in front of me!
Hey Matt ! If I remember right most guys used the road type lights you use with 4 AA batteries the run time is way crazy,more than we will need for T/3.
Thats a nice set you have for the trails,I rode last night with Tony and Stauby at Idy...night rides rock !
I can't wait for about 2 inches of powder snow on the trails at night...If 11-12 hours of burn time ain't long enough I doubt I'll be getting my second set of cue sheets anyway :(
Maplight/headlamp/spare bar light suggestion:
http://harriscyclery.net/page.cfm?PageID=49&action=details&sku=LT7338
I've got two of these, they seem alittle pricy, but damn they sure are nice. Good backup, lightweight, burn forever.
DG
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