Nightmare Night Ride
I headed out on the usual trip to Bradford and back tonight, however 10 miles out, part way along a particularly dark bit of canal, my front light decided to stop working. I turned back and managed to limp the 5 miles back to Bathampton where I could pick up the roads and more importantly some street lights in order to get home again.
I suspect that the Lumicycle battery needs replacing. It’s only on it’s third winter of use, but the Solstice HID lamp unit isn’t quite so tolerent of low voltages which I suspect is where the problem lies.
Update: I think I’d miscalculated how much I’d used the battery since it’d last been charged.
January 24th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Rich in problems spookily similar to Grant’s shock.
January 24th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
My lamp cuts out completely, then the blue LED on the switch flashes 10 times. It’ll restart if you wait a few seconds, but then cuts out again shortly afterwards.
Was yours doing the same?
January 24th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
I finally got my backside in gear and cycled to work for the first time in years. I will probably now nod off whilst reading Lauren her bedtime story!
January 24th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
i hope you pushed your bicycle all the way home if you didnt have the appropriate lights?
January 24th, 2006 at 8:32 pm
If I’d pushed, I’d still be somewhere the far side of Bathampton :)
January 24th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
“My lamp cuts out completely, then the blue LED on the switch flashes 10 times. It’ll restart if you wait a few seconds, but then cuts out again shortly afterwards.
Was yours doing the same?”
Aye