Comments on: BikeGlow Bicycle Lighting — Review http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17664 Ghost Rider Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:11:25 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17664 Bosrican...I suspect that a dynohub could easily power a length of EL wire like this. Bosrican…I suspect that a dynohub could easily power a length of EL wire like this.

]]> By: Bosrican http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17663 Bosrican Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:50:50 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17663 Interesting concept. Am I the only person who thinks that these lights should be rigged so that the act of pedaling charges and powers the light? Interesting concept. Am I the only person who thinks that these lights should be rigged so that the act of pedaling charges and powers the light?

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17584 Ghost Rider Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:48:48 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17584 Tape residue (even the stuff duct tape leaves behind) can be removed with a variety of things: denatured or isopropyl alcohol, WD40, Goo Gone, mineral oil, etc. No deal breaker! And, you've got to admit, the tape method of affixing these lights might seem kinda janky, but it is INCREDIBLY versatile...this thing can mount anywhere! Or, if you're handy with needle and thread, you could make some custom commuter clothing. EL wire makes a great clothing accent...why, check out our friend "Techno Larry", the guy we met at Disneyworld a few years ago: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3458/3353777269_4fd7d973bb_o.jpg Tape residue (even the stuff duct tape leaves behind) can be removed with a variety of things: denatured or isopropyl alcohol, WD40, Goo Gone, mineral oil, etc. No deal breaker!

And, you’ve got to admit, the tape method of affixing these lights might seem kinda janky, but it is INCREDIBLY versatile…this thing can mount anywhere!

Or, if you’re handy with needle and thread, you could make some custom commuter clothing. EL wire makes a great clothing accent…why, check out our friend “Techno Larry”, the guy we met at Disneyworld a few years ago:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3458/3353777269_4fd7d973bb_o.jpg

]]> By: Raiyn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17581 Raiyn Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:41:02 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17581 Err, what I meant was the rubbing alcohol's strength was 70+ percent. like what you'd get from the corner drug store. Err, what I meant was the rubbing alcohol’s strength was 70+ percent. like what you’d get from the corner drug store.

]]> By: Raiyn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17580 Raiyn Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:38:01 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17580 Honestly Elizabeth, even if the electrical tape <i>were</i> to leave an adhesive residue (as many do with age and weathering) it's easily removed with denatured alcohol. Even plain rubbing alcohol 70+% would work, albeit a touch more slowly. Now if it were duct tape.... the denatured stuff would be your best bet but I'd be far less inclined to use duct tape on my rig. Honestly Elizabeth, even if the electrical tape were to leave an adhesive residue (as many do with age and weathering) it’s easily removed with denatured alcohol. Even plain rubbing alcohol 70+% would work, albeit a touch more slowly. Now if it were duct tape…. the denatured stuff would be your best bet but I’d be far less inclined to use duct tape on my rig.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17555 Elizabeth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:57 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17555 oh.. well.. if no residue... that was my concern - the stickiness left behind. (no residue even after a rain, too?) oh.. well.. if no residue… that was my concern – the stickiness left behind. (no residue even after a rain, too?)

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17553 Ghost Rider Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:44:44 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17553 Elizabeth...why is that, exactly? The electrical tape included in the kit leaves no residue. Elizabeth…why is that, exactly? The electrical tape included in the kit leaves no residue.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17552 Elizabeth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:23:52 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17552 I think I'd worry about taping to my bike frame. I think I’d worry about taping to my bike frame.

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17543 Ghost Rider Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:27:23 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17543 Marrock, I don't think so...I wouldn't really crank a ziptie down hard against the light tube, of course, but I think mounting this way wouldn't be a problem. What, you don't like the janky electrical-tape look? Marrock, I don’t think so…I wouldn’t really crank a ziptie down hard against the light tube, of course, but I think mounting this way wouldn’t be a problem. What, you don’t like the janky electrical-tape look?

]]> By: Marrock http://www.bikecommuters.com/2009/03/10/bikeglow-bicycle-lighting-review/#comment-17542 Marrock Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:05:46 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/?p=1949#comment-17542 Would using something like zip ties on the light cause too much pressure on them? Would using something like zip ties on the light cause too much pressure on them?

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