What did you do to your crosscheck today?

[karl_dandleton]

jesus andrew. why you gotta do it so well?

[canti_lover]

Oh my, a Squirell spreadsheet drop. I liked it now but I’m saving the experience for later

[johnasavoia]

Truly no one does it like you, Squirrel

[LASER_BEIGE]

@Andrew_Squirrel

Did the final finishing touches on the Elephant UL NFE Version 3.0.
A dead QR dynamo (or was it Luxos?) lead me down the path of TA conversion. Brand new fork from Glen, new rear dropouts and then decided to YOLO the build.
New parts are shown in green on the spreadsheet:

Beaut

[jimmythefly]

@Andrew_Squirrel

Did the final finishing touches on the Elephant UL NFE Version 3.0.
A dead QR dynamo (or was it Luxos?) lead me down the path of TA conversion. Brand new fork from Glen, new rear dropouts and then decided to YOLO the build.
New parts are shown in green on the spreadsheet:

Tarcklebee for matchy match, if we had a jersey we’d retire your number.

[Kryptotal_Bogan]

new tyres on this turd

[Blakey]

nice rack and cranks tho

[spaghetti]

this bike is an anti “squirrel build”

[Shiny_squid_green]

@Andrew_Squirrel what light is that that you have attached to your helmet? Interest is high in going in this direction for a support light, and all of mine are tall branch catchers.

[asterisk]

it's #lit

Speaking of battery powered lights. A few weeks ago I broke the cheap-o Black Diamond Wiz “be seen” diffused headlamp designed for kids, disassembled it to see how the light diffuser worked. Took some pictures if you’re interested (see my flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/) https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_squirrel/45864637611 I picked up this one off Amazon with the hope that it would be similar but lower profile & more durable. It is much more waterproof, USB rechar…

[Bootus]

@canti_lover

Oh my, a Squirell spreadsheet drop. I liked it now but I’m saving the experience for later

Same. So annoyed IT is blocking Flickr at work now.

[Face]

@Andrew_Squirrel, you are a treasure.

[Shiny_squid_green]

Danke.

Reading through that spreadsheet and searching items I’m not familiar with is teaching me a lot of excellent niche bike nerdery. Thanks @Andrew_Squirrel !

[jimmythefly]

ATMO I have that light too and it has limitations. It provides a great diffuse glow of light in all directions and is good for like stopping to look at a map, cooking at camp, or reading in a tent. It puts out enough light that multiple people can use it and it is very lightweight.

But it has very little throw distance, so using it to see things while riding a bike at any speed above walking didn’t work for me. Also because the light is so unfocused it hits everything nearby. I could hardly see a deer in my side yard with it, because the light was bouncing so much off tree branches and leaves that were close to me that I couldn’t see the animal standing 10ft. beyond the tree trunk. It sort of either killed any night vision I had but also didn’t throw enough light beyond the trunk, hope that makes sense.

[Andrew_Squirrel]

@jimmythefly

ATMO I have that light too and it has limitations. It provides a great diffuse glow of light in all directions and is good for like stopping to look at a map, cooking at camp, or reading in a tent. It puts out enough light that multiple people can use it and it is very lightweight.

But it has very little throw distance, so using it to see things while riding a bike at any speed above walking didn’t work for me. Also because the light is so unfocused it hits everything nearby. I could hardly see a deer in my side yard with it, because the light was bouncing so much off tree branches and leaves that were close to me that I couldn’t see the animal standing 10ft. beyond the tree trunk. It sort of either killed any night vision I had but also didn’t throw enough light beyond the trunk, hope that makes sense.

2nd this experience with it being fairly useless for a “see stuff” light. But also has the surprising characteristic of being blinding to everyone around, squarely fits in the be-seen-but-dazzling category

[Emor_please]

@Kryptotal_Bogan

new tyres on this turd

I love squirrel bikes but this is more MY style

[Shiny_squid_green]

Huh, guess I’ll go back to my original plan of buying another Petzl rechargeable headlamp and figure out a ziptie mount.

[halbritt]

@Shiny_squid_green

Huh, guess I’ll go back to my original plan of buying another Petzl rechargeable headlamp and figure out a ziptie mount.

I like this one:

https://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/nu25

[Rusty_Piton]

@spaghetti

this bike is an anti “squirrel build”

That’s all my bikes lol

[schultzor]

put a cyo and toplight on my wife’s townie bike, she acknowledged it’s more for my peace of mind than hers but it’s still worth it