Re: For those who believe in electricity

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 16 Apr 2025 20:48:28 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 16 Apr 2025 15:43:28 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 4/16/2025 1:39 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 4/11/2025 11:29 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
Final report: A friend and I did a two hour ride late Sunday night. The
generator and the headlight performed very well, no problems.
 
The headlight's mate arrived by mail last night. It will be going on one
of the folding bikes.
 

 
Has spurred me into spending my light or rather the old (ish) one I use for
the commute to get fixed the mount will not tighten I had a crash with it
years ago and it?s never been right since!

BTW, that illustrates a maintenance problem I frequently encounter.
While I'm on the bike, some problem or other will annoy me, as in "I've
got to fix that squeak when I get home."
 
But when I park the bike, it naturally doesn't squeak (or whatever) so I
forget about it until the next time I'm riding the bike.   :-/
 
 

Your post plus as it was winter I?ve being using the light on the old
school roadie on early starts, and that the remote doesn?t fit naturally to
the bars, and certainly nowhere just to hand like the MTB derived commuter,
so I?ve been toggling the beam from High to low using the switch on the
light, and so have noticed it moving slightly.
 
Clearly still works in that it?s not going to fall off but it?s tipped into
this is really quite annoying from Meh! Such as one of the old rear lights
that does occasionally loose connections and go dim, but as rear lights are
such a tedious bits of kit I run two on the commute bikes, and that light
definitely isn?t worth repairing.
 
Roger Merriman

 
I don't need any lights, but for other maintenance issues, I carry a
lot of tools and I'm inclined to stop in some shade and fix or try to
fix whatever is not working right. I also carry a huge amount of tools
in my truck, including a vice, and what I cannot fix while out on a
ride is likely to under the wrench before I drive home. I am the
opposite of a procrastinator. My wife serves that function at our
home.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

This will require rather a lot of disassembly, as it’s the cleat and it’s
bolt and the nut it screws into, which is the mostly likely culprit to be
damaged as the bolt threads looked visually fine.
 
So likely to require rather a lot of dissembling! I’m assuming they would
need to take the inner electronics (likely to be by some margin more
complex than Frank’s lamb) plus batteries out, to then get at the nut from
inside the case.
 
They started off making kit for divers/cavers then MTBers so durable kit
that can be repaired is very much there thing.
 
And it’s the new bike that and using it during winter when I needed a light
to see by, that it became apparent that it was getting worse, and the
problem was highlighted.
 
But it didn’t stop the light working, it still worked fine so certainly
during winter when it’s by far the best tool for the job I was reluctant to
be without it, but since I’m now commuting even early in daylight and
Franks thread reminded me seemed the time to do so, I’d hope to get it back
last next week or so.
 
Roger Merriman

 
I love my electronics and electrics  but I have no interest in
disassembling them to work on them.  They're mostly inexpensive enough
to be easily replaced. I recently shitcanned a bike computer that
didn't work right. I have an older bike computer that works fine but
got replaced by one with more functionality. I prefer the mechanical
aspects of bike maintenence.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

Exposure lights are i suspect an outlier in that the kit is repairable, and
they repair the kit, vs as some companies do just offer a discount on a new
one, there kit is also definitely on the expensive side which is likely to
be another reason!

Back in the day some folks used to buy new batteries for various Garmin’s
can’t say I heard of it since? Maybe still happens though since my old unit
still seems to last even for long rides ie 7/8 hrs or more and still has
plenty of battery life kinda a non issue.

But I guess back to point lots of electronic devices aren’t routinely
repairable more black boxes, had mates whose derailleur (electronic) have
just crapped out which is rather disappointing considering their price!

I’m not saying I’ve not had mechanical mech’s fail I think last year had
one come apart on the commute home which was a first for me! But it was
cheap and relatively high mileage though still bur-mused by it! But
certainly not an expensive fix.

Roger Merriman