WLemke

22 minutes ago, circuitbreaker said:

this is a bit crazy. i just think all the piles of parts looks neat. any enterprising souls out there?

https://austin.craigslist.org/bid/d/richmond-must-sell-large-lot-of-ebikes/7221919145.html

 

Geeze. Would need to negotiate to take over the lease on that warehouse as well. Where the hell would you put all that?  and the head ache of moving it all to another location. 

53 minutes ago, TheX said:

Woohoo!

 

Your Outbound Lighting order has been shipped!
 

Nice! After I purchased my gloworms, creepy ass Facebook started showing me ads for Outbound lighting. I never saw anything about them when researching different lights which is too bad as their product looks intriguing. 
 

Did you get both of their lights?

Holy cow, mind sharing your light setup?

Gloworm X2 (1,700 lumens) on the bar and a Gloworm CX (1,200 lumens) on my helmet. In this photo, the X2 was on low power and the CX was on medium power.

There is a thread on riding lights where I go into more detail.

https://austinmountainbiking.com/index.php?/topic/1421-night-riding-lights/


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If the Austin Hydromet is to be trusted, I'm seeing .2" of rain at walnut in the past 48 hours. Looks like there is a good chance we won't see any additional rain until late this evening. Anyone near Walnut know if the trails are dry enough to ride? Just trying to determine if I should dawn my cold weather gear and head on down to the R&I tonight. 

3 minutes ago, The Tip said:

Chain in middle of cog? Check

And on road bikes the chain MUST be on the big chain ring. Everyone knows the small chain ring is for children and Freds. 

OK about previous post. I've not been able to post pics without a third party because of some error. That pic posted fine but I had three others that gave the -200 error message. All pics were jpeg format but only the first one posted.

It looks like you’re also experiencing the error where it’s uploading a non-drive side pic. [emoji13]

Seriously though, beautiful bike. I demoed one over the summer and thought it was a great ride. Very playful and agile.


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Looks like the big log on the East end of Picnic flew south for the winter. Anyone know what happened to it?

6 hours ago, brokenrazor said:

1/4 Notch. which direction is better? west to east or east to west? i have only ridden it east to west.

Personal preference. E-W has a net elevation increase so there is a little more climbing and a few more tech features you have to go up. W-E has a net elevation decrease. It feels slightly more flowly to me and there are a few more drops. 

I enjoy both directions. 

Here is the elevation profile going E-W

Got my Gloworm lites in the mail today.

 

Ended up going with a X2 for the bars and a CX, which is their self contained light, for my helmet.

 

Very impressed with the build quality of both lights and the multiple mounting options. I’ve got the CX mounted with a standard GoPro mount on my helmet and the X2 is bar mounted with a garmin quarter turn directly under the stem. The rise in my bars start right at the stem so the light is slightly tilted which annoys me. I have a stem spacer quarter turn mount for my Garmin Edge and I’ll be getting another one for my X2 to solve this issue. The wireless remote for the X2 is nifty. Definitely makes it easy to adjust the brightness. Unfortunately the CX is not wireless compatible but did come with a wired remote that I’ve placed on the side of my helmet and is easily to reach and has a very light touch when registering user inputs.

 

Took the lights out for a test ride this evening. There is a small wooded area in my neighborhood where I could get an idea of what it would be like out on the trails. Wow! I had the lights on their lowest setting and everything directly in front of me, to the sides and ~15m in front of me was perfectly illuminated. Switched the lights to the highest output and the area of illumination doubled. On the X2 I have the flood and wide angle lenses installed. On the CX I have both spot lenses installed. This seems to be a great combination. Looking forward to seeing how they perform out at Brushy this weekend.

 

 

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[mention=443]WLemke[/mention] Are you willing to see if third time is a charm? The leg is still a little tender but my movement on the elliptical this morning was uninhibited. Thinking I can give it a go in the morning! 

Glad to hear your leg has made a speedy recovery. I’m down to ride. 8am?


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1 hour ago, Cafeend said:

Hey

So after tons of reading a few years ago ('16) I went with Glow Worm (Action Lites) I bought the previous models of X2 and X1

I run X2 on my bars with at the time a advertised lumens of 1500 Lumens

I run the X1 on my helmet with an advertised lumen of 950. These are pre wireless remote so I have the button to turn on and off and adjust. 

The kits were not cheap , I paid back then $417.   But I really believe in getting what I pay for if it is quality. 

In all my rides I have never once had my lights go out except for once and that was due to a broken solder connection inside the battery. I normally ride 1.5- 2 hours for night rides and no issues.

As far as the solder issue. At the time my lights were out of warranty so I reached out to see to my options and the dude said no problem and sent me exactly what I needed, even out of warranty. He stood behind his product.

Last April I saw they were clearing out older models so I bought another X1 and battery for $80. 

I cant speak to the remote wireless of course but the over all product has lasted me. They take some brutal beatings riding BC at night and have so I am sure that isnt great but to me 100 buck a year for someting I depend on is worth it.

I dont agree that more light is better, there are still shadows whether you are rocking 900 lumens and 4000 , which is obnoxious imo. 

You are welcome to borrow my set for a ride if you want to 

 

 

Your sentiments on Gloworm’s products seem to be fairly universal. It’s hard to find a true negative opinion on some aspect of their lights other than the slightest niggle here and there. This is why I’m gravitating towards them  

Too make thing better (but still not good in reality) for my wallet, I just found a 15% off coupon...for all Gloworm products.

 

49 minutes ago, mack_turtle said:

silly theoretical question: if the lights in this thought experiment are as bright as advertised, would you rather ride with two 1000 lumen lights, or four 250-lumen lights? the numbers don't matter, the question is: would you rather have two bright lights or multiple less-bright lights? There are some pretty slick 750-L self-contained lights that could be mounted in tandem on each side of your handlebar and more than one on your helmet. I'm wondering if a kind of binocular effect would be preferable like this.

It's my understanding that lumens are additive. So in theory 4 250 lumen lights will equal 1000 lumens as long as none of the light beams are overlapping. So a 1,000 lumen light will be brighter over its total throw, but 4 250 lumen lights will allow you to throw 1,000 lumens over a wider area. 

I would say havinge multiple lower powered lights to help illuminate a wider area than having a single very bright light right in front of you would be more practical. Boy would it look silly to have 4 lights on your handle bars though. lol. You'd start to look like one of those BMW GX adventure riders with a million "farkles" on their handle bar.

48 minutes ago, mack_turtle said:

I don't even have a light that blasts up to 1700 lumens and I almost never run that at maximum.

Thanks. So in your opinion, how many lumens do you feel are adequate? Would 500 lumens for each bar and helmet light be good? That would definitely help drive the price down a bit. 

While I don't know for sure due to lack of experience, logic tells me that my bar mounted light should be more spread focused and the helmet light should be a spot beam. What are your thoughts on this?

Reviving an old thread in leu of starting a new one.

With the time about to fall back, I'm interested in purchasing some night riding lights.

So right now I'm gravitating towards two different Gloworm products mainly because they look solid AF, come with a GoPro mount and they review very well. Definitely a premium product though and is going to run me at a minimum $350. I typically am in the "buy once, cry once" camp so this seems to the bill. What I'm not sure on is if this is over kill. I don't need to light up the trails as if the sun was out, but I do want to make sure my lighting system is adequate enough to safely right at a semi-spirited pace.

First option would be a double Gloworm X2 adventure adventure set up. One for the bar and one for the helmet.

Pros:

• Includes the wireless remote which can pair with both lights at once
• GoPro mount compatible as I already have a GoPro mount on my helmet 
• Ability to change out the type of lense (Flood, spot, ect.)
• A full 1,700 lumens of output per light.

Cons:

• $424!
• Battery run time of 1.5 hours which is about my typical right length but could potentially be limiting

Another option to save a little cash would to be one X2 adventure for the bars and then a Gloworm Alpha on the helmet.

Pros and cons are similar with a few exceptions

• $351 total (Still kind of a con, but a pro in comparison to the aforementioned setup)
• The alpha is not compatible with the wireless remote
• While you can change out the lenses on the alpha, the lenses are paired together and can't be changed independently
• The alpha only throws out 1,200 lumens

For those of you with night riding experience is this over-kill? Just right? Not enough? In an ideal world I'd like to spend $200 for both lights but I'm just not sure if that price point will get me a set up that 1. has a good light spread and 2. will have enough lumens. Maybe I'm wrong though so if you have any recommendations I am open to it.

 

1 hour ago, throet said:

Well I went out for an easy ride yesterday evening, and for the first time in hundreds of rides logged at BC, I ended up in a head-on collision on 1/4 Notch. Thought I got lucky with just some scrapes and bruises, but unfortunately my thigh took some blunt force trauma and is now incredibly painful and swollen, probably in part to me being on blood thinners. Needless to say I'm out for this morning. @WLemke I'm really sorry for now having had to back out two weeks in a row - definitely not like me to do that. 

No problem at all. Here's to a quick recovery!

Count me in. 

@throet Any interest in getting the group ride started up tomorrow morning barring any cabinet deliveries?
 

 

Found the log at the start of upper picnic moved off to the side. Moved it back. All is right with the world. 

Found a used 2019 Yari on FB for $200. Don’t know why the guy was selling it so cheap as it was in great condition! Already got it on the rig. 

Got the dreaded CSU creak on my Fox 36 and am going to have to send it in to Fox. The weather is way too good right now to not be riding so I'm looking for a used fork to slap on the rig while my 36 is in the hospital. Don't really care about the make or model as long as it's a 160mm 29er boost fork. 44mm offset would be ideal but this is temporary so I'll take what I can get.

Thanks. 
 

Edit: Fork acquired. 

1 hour ago, throet said:

I can't even express how nice it has been these past couple of weeks to just head out at a moment's notice when I get a break in meetings / workload. Rode this morning between 10 and 11:30 and the trails and temps were amazing. Even came across a few other riders, which is odd for a Thu morning. 

@Cafeend @Chief @Morris Is it time to restart the old Fri morning BC Ride Call? I'm down for 7:30am tomorrow if anybody else is! 

@throet I’m down. Meet up location?

41 minutes ago, bestbike85 said:

This is the guy, I think his name is Jeremy, who flips bikes on Craigslist for a living. He’s a PoS. Uses the same ad for every bike on there. 

He seems scummy. A 200mm DH bike is more or less unrideable in Austin unless it’s your dedicated spider mountain bike.
 

Fortunately, I think the price is going to scare off any beginners who may not understand what this bike is intended for and for those looking for a DH bike, they will probably hammer this dude on the price. 

Anyone looking for the PERFECT bike for Austin?

Well I guess all the effort to install the frame protection was worth it. Got a small scrape today at Emma on the non-drive side chain stay. No paint damage! 

2 minutes ago, ATXZJ said:

That's awesome man! There's nobody i want at my 6 more than my wife on her MTB.

Good times

 

Y’all’s wives ride MTBs??? The only thing my wife does is “tolerate” my MTBing.