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From: lab@qubix.UUCP (Larry Bickford)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: LIGHTS
Message-ID: <580@qubix.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 18:53:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  9 18:53:40 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Oct-83 10:40:18 EDT
Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA
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I have used a couple of different lights on my bike.
One is the light made by WONDER (Stamford,CT, I believe).
Had a very good beam, but the 4.5V battery would die without even being
used! That was my biggest beef with it. What was nice was that the light
was easy to remove and take with you (as a flashlight, etc.).

I am currently using a "blinker light" which straps onto my arm.
Apparently operated with a capacitor, the light blinks maybe once a
second or half-second. This increases battery life immensely (anything
has better battery life than a WONDER battery); the guy at Baron's in
Torrance (LA area) said the estimated battery life was 75 hours vs. 6
hours for normal strap-on bike lights. I bought mine in late '81; just
replaced the batteries last August - and I am (at least was until I got
this ankle-weight) a cycling commuter.

Larry Bickford,
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