A brief update -- the Hertz people at the Austin airport did recover my CD's. I'll have to pay to have the CD's shipped back to me, but I'd consider that getting off pretty easily for gross stupidity
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One time I was biking to campus and I saw the bus so I decided to take the bus the rest of the way. The bus stopped for me and I put my bike on the bus's bike rack then I climbed on the bus. It was only a mile or two but I watched as my bike headlight loosened and swung freely then fell off into the street.
I think the trick is to make a point of tightening the screws every so often.
I'm glad you decided to walk instead of biking in traffic without a light!
Here's what I do:
I have a headlight and rear blinky mounted on my helmet (that way I always have something). I also carry a headlight that mounts on the front of the bike and keep a rear blinky light on my backpack or fiddle case, or whatever I'm wearing on my back (it used to get mounted on a bracket... but that never worked well for me).
During the winter, when I know I'll be biking a lot in the dark, I have these rod-like blinky lights my mom gave me that I attach to my backpack (2 red ones in the back, 1 yellow one on each side, 1 white one in the front). That last one is kind of overkill, but was necessary when I was routinely biking home after class around 9pm.
I like having the helmet lights and the bike-mounted lights because I know that even if one fails, there's a back-up already on. (It's also useful to have one light on the road and the other wherever you are looking.)
Hmmm... a heavier bracket might do the trick. Mostly, this makes me glad that my commute is relatively low-pothole, so it hasn't caused things to fall off.
Agreed that a bolt-on bracket is a nice thing, though. My rear light is attached to my rear rack with a kludged-on heavier bracket than it came with, since the bracket it came with wouldn't fit the spots I needed it to, so I scavenged one off an old unused reflector.
Also, the suggestion of an extra light is a good call, especially if this has been a recurring problem. Even if it's just a spare clip one that lives in an on-bike storage or in your bag or something.
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I think the trick is to make a point of tightening the screws every so often.
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Here's what I do:
I have a headlight and rear blinky mounted on my helmet (that way I always have something). I also carry a headlight that mounts on the front of the bike and keep a rear blinky light on my backpack or fiddle case, or whatever I'm wearing on my back (it used to get mounted on a bracket... but that never worked well for me).
During the winter, when I know I'll be biking a lot in the dark, I have these rod-like blinky lights my mom gave me that I attach to my backpack (2 red ones in the back, 1 yellow one on each side, 1 white one in the front). That last one is kind of overkill, but was necessary when I was routinely biking home after class around 9pm.
I like having the helmet lights and the bike-mounted lights because I know that even if one fails, there's a back-up already on. (It's also useful to have one light on the road and the other wherever you are looking.)
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Agreed that a bolt-on bracket is a nice thing, though. My rear light is attached to my rear rack with a kludged-on heavier bracket than it came with, since the bracket it came with wouldn't fit the spots I needed it to, so I scavenged one off an old unused reflector.
Also, the suggestion of an extra light is a good call, especially if this has been a recurring problem. Even if it's just a spare clip one that lives in an on-bike storage or in your bag or something.
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