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.
Rich in problems spookily similar to Grant’s shock.
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?
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!
i hope you pushed your bicycle all the way home if you didnt have the appropriate lights?
If I’d pushed, I’d still be somewhere the far side of Bathampton :)
“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