Warren Loomis is going to blind you and you’re going to like it.
sweetcomputerdragon on
I used to be blinded every night by the same cyclist’s high pointing headlight: I shouted at him and he cursed back.
Nerdlinger on
Some people sure do like to whine about things.
amiable_ant on
My 3 cents:
1) People are so weird about bike headlights. I’ve had people melodramatically cover their eyes and/ or yell at me IN BROAD DAYLIGHT as if they were being physically harmed. This is on days I’ve passed 100 other apparently unperturbed people.
[EDIT: I’m reminded that time of the year is coming again… there are a couple weeks around the daylight savings switch where I cross paths with one of the melodramatic-eye-shielders every evening (another cyclist). Alas, it will only be a couple weeks before it is too cold for him.]
2) it would be totally different if we could count on joggers to not dress like shadow ninjas. We can’t.
3) The light cutoff is not good on bike lights. I will happily spend the money when i find something better, but what I have now is cone shaped. I make a very concerted effort to make sure the Hotspot is pointed at the ground, but there is still spillover. (Edit: that people occasionally object to.) I’m not sure this is totally a bad thing, because sometimes people’s faces stand out better against the surrounding trees than their ninja outfits. (Light hitting your face means I can see it.)
rbtmmueller on
So your position is that Warren Loomis is wrong because others choose to use the path in the dark without their own lights or brightly colored clothing?
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Warren Loomis is going to blind you and you’re going to like it.
I used to be blinded every night by the same cyclist’s high pointing headlight: I shouted at him and he cursed back.
Some people sure do like to whine about things.
My 3 cents:
1) People are so weird about bike headlights. I’ve had people melodramatically cover their eyes and/ or yell at me IN BROAD DAYLIGHT as if they were being physically harmed. This is on days I’ve passed 100 other apparently unperturbed people.
[EDIT: I’m reminded that time of the year is coming again… there are a couple weeks around the daylight savings switch where I cross paths with one of the melodramatic-eye-shielders every evening (another cyclist). Alas, it will only be a couple weeks before it is too cold for him.]
2) it would be totally different if we could count on joggers to not dress like shadow ninjas. We can’t.
3) The light cutoff is not good on bike lights. I will happily spend the money when i find something better, but what I have now is cone shaped. I make a very concerted effort to make sure the Hotspot is pointed at the ground, but there is still spillover. (Edit: that people occasionally object to.) I’m not sure this is totally a bad thing, because sometimes people’s faces stand out better against the surrounding trees than their ninja outfits. (Light hitting your face means I can see it.)
So your position is that Warren Loomis is wrong because others choose to use the path in the dark without their own lights or brightly colored clothing?