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Does anyone have any experience with mixing and matching dyno light brands for front and rear lights? I'm interested in running a Klite Bikepacker V2 with a Supernova E3 tail light. What do I need to check to see if the power coming off the hub or front light is compatible?
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 16:37 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 09:30 |
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Nyyen posted:Does anyone have any experience with mixing and matching dyno light brands for front and rear lights? I'm interested in running a Klite Bikepacker V2 with a Supernova E3 tail light. What do I need to check to see if the power coming off the hub or front light is compatible? Supernova lights specifically won't work with other brands. All the well-known euro ones are inter-compatible tho.
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 16:48 |
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SimonSays posted:Supernova lights specifically won't work with other brands. All the well-known euro ones are inter-compatible tho. Ok, thanks for the heads up.
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 16:50 |
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Nyyen posted:Ok, thanks for the heads up. For others'reference: Can I use a Supernova Tail Light with third-party front lights? No, because of the different voltages. Our tail light requires 6V direct current. The competitors often work with alternating current
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 16:52 |
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That K-Lite is really weird. It's hard to find this information anywhere and their website sucks, but it looks like it can use standard rear dynamo lights, meaning the Supernova is right out. B+M make the Secula and the Mu, one of those should fit with what the Supernova does.
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 17:42 |
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SimonSays posted:That K-Lite is really weird. It's hard to find this information anywhere and their website sucks, but it looks like it can use standard rear dynamo lights, meaning the Supernova is right out. Yeah, I sent them an email to clarify the power output but I was leaning towards the Mu as a backup anyway.
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 18:14 |
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Does anyone have a good resource to explain how different mounts of trail/headtube angle/front bag weight interact? Edit: More context. I'm wondering how running a handlebar bag on a long trail bike like the 88mm and 69 degrees of the Salsa Fargo will play out. My current Soma Wolverine with a 10l xpac rando bag and nitto rack is at 62mm and 72 degrees and it feels a bit nervous and I can't ride no handed at all even with the bag empty. I was hoping that my next bike would allow for no handed or at least stable handling with a bag on the front. Nyyen fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Aug 3, 2022 |
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It gets a little complicated, for any given head tube angle trail makes steering more stable, but a slack angle can make it feel stable and floppy at the same time. Maybe stability isn't the best description when talking about a bike with weight on the front. Maybe 'heavier' steering might feel like it makes more sense.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 06:25 |
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Route for our tour starting end of the week Starting packing (of everything that's not the bike, which is already at the start at jamal's bike shop. After last tour, I ordered some Dyna-Snap magnet connectors to be able to swap between headlight and charging USB. I soldered up the headlight but never did the charging junction lead until last minute. Decided to bring it as a backup to solar panel, which doesn't seem to do much when it's even slightly overcast. Hard to make out in the pic, but the dialed max output is 1.4A, which is only 60% of the panel's at full blast. And I'm not sure if it can hit 1.4 at 5V. Doing the usual wretched things like shortening a kid's toothbrush: And ripping off the padded handle of my carry-on duffel bag. But then dragging on poo poo like this FLIR gadget ("so you can tell if you completely extinguished the camp fire!" I rationalize) Friend is taking a clown horn to hail fellow bike tourists
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 19:55 |
Crossposting from my tour AAR posted over in the big general bike thread - hope that's okay! Objurium posted:*big tour post sorry in advance*
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# ? Sep 1, 2022 20:54 |
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Thinking about how to write up our 9-day tour. Probably grouping into Montana, Yellowstone, and Grand Tetons makes the most sense.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 15:23 |
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Go for it, I'm hoping to add links to a couple peoples' tours in the second post so people who are new can see some first hand touring experiences.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 15:54 |
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Background for tour 4: 3 friends from HS that have coalesced into a decently oiled machine for bike touring. Prior experience: ~23 days doing the PCH from Seattle to SF ~22 days doing Great Parks North from Jasper (in Alberta) to Missoula ~8 days in Utah, St. George to Zion to Bryce and back I think we'd been in the neighborhood of 40-60mi/day on these tours. In 2018, we'd started talking seriously about the next tour, and raised the possibility of Taiwan. Over 2019, we started taking this option more seriously. One of the team's in-laws could house us in Taipei; I speak Mandarin; the infrastructure is decent -- there were some real pros. By end of the year, I'd gotten as far as working out the bike rental shop and rental costs for a tour to circumnavigate the island... and then the pandemic hit. Maybe we shoulda gone in summer of 2021 when infection cases were lower than this summer, but we finally decided to go for it after so much downtime. This tour was to be from Missoula again down to Jackson, WY, fitting into 2 weekends and one week, similar to the Utah tour. Was pretty aggressively paced to give us an extra rest day in Yellowstone, with a lot of front loading. Planning for this tour, I think we were broadly confident about 2 things: - having the bike - eat - camp routine down, like how to live out of some panniers for days on the road - being able to put up the mileage or get fit on the road On that latter front, I had done the Boston Midnight Marathon ride back in April, 52mi with no prior prep other than daily daycare pickup/dropoff, 7mi total on the cargo bike. I was pretty sore but didn't feel too out of sorts after, so didn't do any more preparatory riding other than a couple of 30min spin bike sessions in front of Netflix. The cargo bike with toddler already weighs more than my touring bike, I'd keep saying to myself. Gear choices: Last tour in Utah, I had a frame bag, saddlebag, and 2 panniers, with bottle cages on the fork. I decided that that custom fork was kinda harsh, so I went back to the stock Specialized AWOL fork, which doesn't have bottle mounts. Hence the bar-mounted bottle cage. One friend decided to go to a bikepacking setup on his carbon Diverge gravel bike -- frame pack, saddle back, and then a front rack for 2 panniers. 34x34 min gear, which we made a big deal over. And kept to the ever controversial Camelbak for water. Upgraded to an even fancier Zpacks ultralight tent and quilt bag. And other friend stuck to the same bike and setup he'd had since first tour. He carried his 2p tent, and I carried the tarp. Forecast seemed to dip into the high 30sF, so we made sure our sleeping bags could handle it.
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# ? Sep 2, 2022 20:01 |
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This guy makes good bags by himself and is having a sale. The black feed bag is deeply discounted to $19.99 for some reason! I have some if his blems and they have held up great. https://www.nukesunrise.com/store/p46/SILO2.html
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# ? Nov 8, 2022 18:27 |
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Snagged one thanks!
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# ? Nov 9, 2022 01:02 |
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I got suckered by the swift sale on last year's stock. That zeitgeist was calling my name...
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# ? Nov 9, 2022 04:26 |
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The company behind my current GPS unit has gone bust and I can't buy maps for it anymore, and as far as i can tell no one has cracked it. I really can't find the perfect replacement and it's kinda annoying me - just something with a big screen, simple and with buttons. Any suggestions? I'm considering just picking up a used Garmin Edge 530 for £130-150 but the screen looks a bit small and i like having the display up as i'm mainly off-road and navigating paths which aren't very clear at times. I've considered the Etrex but everyone says the bicycle mounts are utter garbage for mountain biking.
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# ? Jan 5, 2023 18:47 |
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You can often find a Garmin Edge 1030 used for about 200 bucks if a large screen is really important.
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# ? Jan 5, 2023 19:22 |
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I'm really happy with the Garmin Edge Explore 2 I just got for Christmas. not as many fine-grained training stats/features as the Edge 1030 or 1040, but it has great gps/battery life/display/interface. I always have it set to display the map when I'm riding.
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# ? Jan 5, 2023 21:30 |
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I'm just a bit worried about how rain would effect the touchscreen. Locking the screen is ok but if you need to fiddle with the map it's nice having buttons to pan which was why i was leaning towards the 530.
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# ? Jan 5, 2023 21:50 |
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I haven't used it in rainy weather yet, but I did find this video about the Edge Explore 1 in wet conditions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LJvZ71mgS0 Edge Explore 2 is IPX7 waterproof
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# ? Jan 5, 2023 22:07 |
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I spent most of January riding 1800 km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City with my 75 year old father. It was hotel/credit card touring with minimal packs. We bought a couple of city bikes in Hanoi and sold them in Ho Chi Minh City. Old man did great. I'm trash garbage that can't proper photography but
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# ? Feb 9, 2023 23:30 |
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What are you talking about? These pics are great. Looks like an awesome tour.
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# ? Feb 11, 2023 22:22 |
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rngd in the womb posted:What are you talking about? These pics are great. Looks like an awesome tour. It was. We did spend a lot of time on the main roads to cover more distance which isn't that interesting especially given Vietnamese culture of constantly honking at anything on the road. If I had to do it again I would do the whole thing on the smaller country roads which are amazing.
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# ? Feb 12, 2023 08:51 |
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Looks great. Did you guys know the language or just got through with a couple of phrases?
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Owling Howl posted:I spent most of January riding 1800 km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City with my 75 year old father. It was hotel/credit card touring with minimal packs. We bought a couple of city bikes in Hanoi and sold them in Ho Chi Minh City. Old man did great. This is beautiful in more than a few ways. Congrats to you and papa owling
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hemale in pain posted:Looks great. Did you guys know the language or just got through with a couple of phrases? No. We got by with miming techniques and occasionally translate apps. Outside the tourist areas in the largest cities practically no one speaks English but are generally excited to talk and help and with that most things are doable. One amusing thing was this guy we met going through some rural hills Very excited and impossible to communicate with but insisted we have a drink. We thought it was tea but it turned out to be some kind of whiskey - possibly brewed in a bathtub somewhere. A few days later it had been raining all day and we were caked in mud so we stopped at a mechanics shop and mimed permissions to use a hose to clean up a bit before we got to the hotel. Very excited lady started calling around and the whole community converged on us. Someone brought a gallon jug of... something. Then someone pulled out a makeshift bong and we politely departed. We couldn't talk with any of them but when people are that enthusiastic you can make it work.
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Spectacular. Owling Howl posted:I spent most of January riding 1800 km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City with my 75 year old father. It was hotel/credit card touring with minimal packs. We bought a couple of city bikes in Hanoi and sold them in Ho Chi Minh City. Old man did great. Hell yeah I'm happy to report that I'm currently hosting my first guests through WarmShowers, it's great, highly recommend.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:I'm happy to report that I'm currently hosting my first guests through WarmShowers, it's great, highly recommend. Can I reasonably do this if I only have an open apartment and a spare sofa?
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SimonSays posted:Can I reasonably do this if I only have an open apartment and a spare sofa? Probably? Just explain the situation in your profile, as long as you have somewhere for the bike and your sofa doesn't suck too hard to sleep on, people are grateful for a place to crash and have a shower or whatever. But like I said, this is literally my first experience, so I dunno. It's a german couple who pitched a tent in the backyard.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 14:40 |
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I've only hosted one person. The most important part was offering him dinner with us, and he loving pounded his plate and got a full second serving. I'm in Boston, so I assume there's a lot of better hosting setups, cuz that one hit was one of 2 requests since before the pandemic started.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 15:22 |
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People are very understanding that they are getting a free place to crash, and as long as you are clear about what you're offering ahead of time it's all good. One thing to be thoughtful about is leaving time for travelers to relax and journal, so sometimes just offering a quiet place to get cleaned up and crash is just as appreciated as doing a ton of work to feed and entertain a guest.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 17:49 |
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SimonSays posted:Can I reasonably do this if I only have an open apartment and a spare sofa? Yes. I've stayed with a fair number of people (7 year trip) and happy with whatever. Just be honest with what you've got. I've stayed with people who had some spare floor space and I put my may out and that works too!
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 18:19 |
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Ok, thanks folks! I've wanted to do this for ages, time to go for it and help some members of the community out.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 18:34 |
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From the Huracan 300. I also shot a video I'll have up shortly.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 20:22 |
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Bottom Liner posted:From the Huracan 300. I also shot a video I'll have up shortly. Jesus these are good photos. Thank you for sharing!
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 20:39 |
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Bottom Liner posted:From the Huracan 300. I also shot a video I'll have up shortly. I just read about this the other day and as a 4th generation Floridaman I think that I have to do this one day. The fording gator and snake infested waters unnerves me a bit but otherwise it looks like an awesome ride.
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# ? Feb 17, 2023 22:04 |
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Cross posting from the megathread, but I'm looking at biking from Orange County, CA to San Diego. I hear Torrey Pines is the killer part, and that Pendleton is mixed business? The trains have been weird recently. Anyone have good advice or insight?
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PosSibley posted:Cross posting from the megathread, but I'm looking at biking from Orange County, CA to San Diego. I hear Torrey Pines is the killer part, and that Pendleton is mixed business? Yeah. 1. You need a pass to bike thru Camp Pendleton and they aren't issuing passes because the visitor's center just north of Oceanside is closed. 2. So you'll be on I5 from the Las Pulgas exit to the first exit in Oceanside. 3. From Dana Point to Las Pulgas the marked bike route is pretty excellent. Paths and residential roads. 4. Torrey Pines isn't a difficult climb, I actually prefer the steeper one in the park itself. I'm old and 100 kilos and I'm on a recumbent, so you should be ok. 5. Laguna is a difficult bike ride. No bike lane and impatient drivers. Control the lane and use your mirror. 6. After you climb Torrey head to the Rose Canyon bike path. It's nice. 7. There's no train from San Clemente to Oceanside because the Ocean messed up the tracks. It's an Amtrak bus from Irvine to Oceanside. I did this last weekend with my Brompton because I was judging games at WonderCom.
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VideoGameVet posted:Yeah. Thanks for the info. I feel like the trains have been messed up since Sept. My favorite part of Wondercon is the Masquerade ball. Didn't go this year, I've been at the Grand Canyon.
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