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From: tsmith@laidbak.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: LIGHTS
Message-ID: <179@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Oct-83 02:00:53 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 16 02:00:53 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Oct-83 23:33:57 EDT
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There is a new taillight out by Cat-Eye, the model B-20.
At least that's what the version I bought in France is
labelled. It runs on 2 C-cells, and has a neat feature:
you can adjust the focus of the beam, from narrow and
strong (for riding, if you must, on roads with high speed
traffic at night), to broad and less strong (for city riding).

The main disadvantage of this unit for us tourists and
commuters is that it is designed to strap onto the seat post,
a site usually obscured on my bike by a rear bag, or something
on a rack. But I keep mine for use on my "naked" bike if I
want to take it out at night. BTW, since I started doing this
crazy randonneur riding, I have come to feel that a bike without
fenders and good lights is a "naked" bike. Nothing *WRONG* with
that, mind you (except at night without lights), but the more
fully-equipped bike is a lot more useful, and the weight penalty
is not really that severe.

-Tim Smith (...!laidbak!tsmith)