That was nice work! Where is that tunnel? I've been wondering about it since I first came across the lightfinder.
I noticed that the assemblage of objects in the new lightfinder does not include a garden gnome -- an unfortunate decision, I think. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:07:43 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Intelligent news coverage? HA! I shot that in the H8R tunnel almost two years ago. So damn cold! My $ says that most of those lights have been replaced or improved by now. Looks a new LF is coming soon <http://planetbike.com/blog> R. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Mitchell Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > These photos are also online at the Planet Bike website. Click "try the > lightfinder" or go to http://planetbike.com/page/learn/lightfinder/. If you > click through all the products, you can see which of them will illuminate the > garden gnomes that might be in your path (don't buy a light that won't show > you the gnomes!) > > But I agree with Kathryn that light manufacturers should tell us how many > lumens their products put out. When I was looking for a light a while ago, I > was seriously annoyed that this info wasn't on the label. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "India Rose Viola" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:36:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Intelligent news coverage? > > Kathryn et al., > > Planet Bike has a great marketing device. It's a booklet (given to Planet > Bike retailers) containing photos that show what the beam from each of their > headlight models looks on a dark road at night. It is a good way to compare > the different Planet Bike lights to one another, but unless other companies > adopt this as a standard (and then take photos under the same conditions as > the Planet Bike ones), it doesn't help for comparisons between manufacturers. > > -india > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:31 pm > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Intelligent news coverage? > To: [email protected] > > >> In case anyone out there is listening (Planet Bike, maybe?) what I'd >> love to see on product labels and in reviews of bike lights is how >> many lumens they produce on full charge. Knowing the wattage doesn't >> help much because reflectors or the lack thereof inside the light >> housing can increase/decrease the brightness. And I've never been in a >> bike shop that let me turn off all the store lights just so I could >> see how bright a given light is in the dark conditions in which I >> would actually use it. Lightbulb manufacturers list lumens, why not >> bike light manufacturers? >> >> Just a thought. >> >> Kathryn Kingsbury >> >> www.kathrynkingsbury.com >> >> On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury >> >> --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Tom Held <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Tom Held <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Intelligent news coverage? >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 2:23 PM >> >> >> Rick did a nice job on that piece, and there's an opportunity to add >> recommendations and comments here http://tinyurl.com/ylos56n >> >> Tom Held >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:16 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Bikies] Intelligent news coverage? >> >> Hey kids: >> >> I submit this from the point of view of "this isn't the usual news >> article >> about bicycles that goes something like this: `isn't this the darndest >> thing?!? some people actually get to work by riding a bicycle!' . " >> >> http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/70199932.html >> >> On the bright side >> Modern bicycle lights enhance safety, but the best are pricey >> By Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel >> >> Posted: Nov. 16, 2009 >> >> Al >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > -- Pointlessly blogging at www.robindavies.us Try something new every day. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
