Veloway at night?
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Veloway at night?
Postby split_city » Sun May 03, 2009 8:41 pm
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby Biffidus » Sun May 03, 2009 9:05 pm
You might want to check out this thread as well: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14489
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby split_city » Sun May 03, 2009 9:24 pm
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby brettjames » Mon May 04, 2009 2:46 pm
Petition anyone ?
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby brauluver » Mon May 04, 2009 6:00 pm
Find out who the councilor is for that neck of the woods and give em a call, ask them to meet you there one night for a walk through.It would be their responsibility(councils) and they can then apply for funding from state/federal gov't.getting a councillor on side would be your best bet to introducing the idea to the corporation suits who allocate money for capital works etc....brettjames wrote:I'd be keen to see it lit up at night for sure!
Petition anyone ?
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby rustychisel » Mon May 04, 2009 6:33 pm
I'll call that acute phrasing, given the recent news.brauluver wrote: for that neck of the woods...
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby brauluver » Mon May 04, 2009 7:13 pm
Good call on my insensitive idiom.rustychisel wrote:I'll call that acute phrasing, given the recent news.brauluver wrote: for that neck of the woods...
Maybe he should wire the councillor instead of a phone call.
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby gdt » Mon May 04, 2009 11:38 pm
I do it at night every few weeks (actually, I do most of my long distance riding at night at the moment). I use two 1W Planet Bike LED lights, and they are adequate. I've seen, and lust after, the expensive Ayup style lighting systems.split_city wrote:Yeah I have ridden along it many times during the day but was a bit concerned doing it at night given the lack of lighting. Just seeing if anyone else regularly rides along it at night.
If you are commuting I'd also recommend a white/red set of those single LED lights which loop about the posts. Cheap insurance for limping home when you've lost track of the charge in the battery for the main lights.
Haven't encountered the wire on the Veloway myself. It also happened on Canberra bike paths in the 1980s. I got hit across the chest and have a scar on my arm from the snapping wire. Started wearing glasses whilst cycling after that. Even so, it seems to me that the bike paths are many times safer than the roads at night.
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby Biffidus » Tue May 05, 2009 12:19 am
Ooh, who sells them in Adelaide? I haven't had much luck finding them or their cheaper generic equivalents.gdt wrote:I use two 1W Planet Bike LED lights
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby gdt » Tue May 05, 2009 1:23 am
I got mine from Megabike, one at a time. If I had known from the start that I would buy two then I'd have ordered the Ayups. As it is, perhaps the 8 year old's bike needs more illumination, now that winter is here, and could do with a handed-down set of lights Megabike is a nice LBS and well worth a look, BTW.Biffidus wrote:Ooh, who sells them in Adelaide? I haven't had much luck finding them or their cheaper generic equivalents.gdt wrote:I use two 1W Planet Bike LED lights
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby optoplex » Tue May 05, 2009 10:56 am
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby rustychisel » Tue May 05, 2009 3:02 pm
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby split_city » Tue May 05, 2009 3:19 pm
Anyways, does anyone know why most of the expressway is unlit (forgetting about the bike path)? How many accidents have there been on the expressway? I would be all for a petition to get some lighting for the bike path but would think lighting for the actual expressway would be more of a priority.
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Re: Veloway at night?
Postby alex » Fri May 08, 2009 4:36 pm
i have not been on the southern veloway at night but i would probably not do it unless i had to
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