Archive → October, 2010
Hiking in Harriman
We did a little hike from Call Hallow Road (upper right) to Second Reservoir:
First Reservoir:
This tree probably grew around another tree which has since fallen down:
Hunting salamanders:
Second Reservoir:
Back at First Reservoir:
The dam at First Reservoir:
It was a nice hike!
New lighting system for the bike
In 2003, I put together a lighting system for my recumbent (described in painful detail here):
In this setup, the two lights on the bike put out about 1250 lumens, and the headlamp puts out another 200 or so lumens.
Times have changed since 2003. There are now 900 lumen LED bike lights that are pretty inexpensive:
I bought a kit for $75ish that includes a battery, charger, and headlamp adapter. I ordered two more lights for $45 each, and a Y cable. Using the batteries mentioned in the 2003 link above, I fabricated a 2-cell battery pack for the unit that goes on the helmet, while the 4-cell battery pack that came with the kit powers the two heads on my handlebars via the Y cable.
So that’s 2700 lumens. It’s a bit brighter than most cars, and cars flash their high beams as they pass. The next step is to get a bar extender:
This will get the lights farther forward, so there’s no light reflecting off my silver brake cables into my eyes.