thysmeades

What a joke! Contador cleared of charges. Let's hope the uci has the balls to take him down. Cycling has such little credibility left. Very sad.

Luke, you hit it on the head! good one!

yup, thats what i assume too!

please please take some pics and get info on pedals with power meters built in...

terminator. first and second were cool, third was a waste of time Matrix, who could top the original one?

Hi WW, very nice wheels. Enjoy and thanks for all the pics Thys

I can see this thread heading only one way!! I'm getting the popcorn and waiting for the action.

wow, looks very fast!

Li-pos are very dangerous, but are fine if you use them correctly. Like most things I guess. They dont like to be over charged (which shouldn't happen if you use the correct charger), or under discharged, (which shouldn't happen as your driver should switch the light off before this happens), as well as being punctured or pierced, (which should happen, cause one should just not do that!!)

DT: morning light has levels 1 to 5, like the rev 3 you have. level 1 - 15-20 hours plus level 5 - not sure but I think about 2 hours I use it for morning training, but one like this did the trans last year and the report back was exceptional. I also have the "Cube" which I use mainly for road riding. End covers on - 3mm perspex laser cut to size with internal engraving On the bike. All photos taken at ISO 80, f3, 4seconds. Very nice beam for the road. (quite direct hot spot with nice side spill - remember the optics can be customised and changed in a few minutes) the perspex lens also seems to divert side light over the controls of the bike which is also quite nice. Control shot L1 L3 L5

Hi Troutie, nice of you to stop by!! I smiled when I saw that comment as well. I do wish you every success and that you "coin" it BIG.. Just doing my bit to help the budding light builders out there, and what better example than this one.. I agree, the work into evey light takes just so much time so it's not extremely lucrative, but for a good mate here and there (in my case), it's ok. do you sell build kits, I could help you maybe sell here on the hub (as you can see, there is some interest), you may just have to sharpen the pencil a little as we only earn RANDs here in SA, not the mighty POUND. let know if you are keen, and all the best with your light adventure. Thys

plentip, thanks for the nice comments. will consider and let know. Indigo kid - nothing could be further from the truth, LED's put out huge amounts of heat and one has to try and get rid of all that heat by using heat sinks etc to disipate it. hence alu casing and cooling fins etc. the switch is a momentary switch. the different levels are controlled by the driver (brain) inside the casing which in programable and customisable depending on your needs. Its a very neat piece of equipment.. very expensive though. at about R300 it doesn't come cheap.

caad4 - thanks, it takes quite a bit of time to make, not really worth my while as a business venture. dirtbreath - I sourced all the parts from various places, details in thread IK - I sourced my batteries from DX. Build up my own battery packs. Li-ion's. The maxflex is a boost driver so anything less than about 18V drives this light nicely. I run the pack in a pouch below the stem or sometimes on the stem, just taped with insulation tape or valcrow.

Now for the tech details: Components: Light housing - aluminium (you have to design your own) Driver - Maxflex (about $35 from taskled - http://www.taskled.com) Switch - RS components (about R60) - http://za.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=0224243 LED lights - XPG's (from cutter in Oz) - http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut937 LED Optics - (Carclo XP 10mm optics) http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut837

On the bike:

Now for the beamshots All photos taken at the following settings F4 at 4 seconds, iso 100, daylight white balance control shot Level one Level three Level five What I like about the beam is the nice side throw as well as the fwd narrow throw.

Hi guys, due to quite a few requests, I have put up a thread on how to home anodise and build a cycle light. The instructions are for a 2000 lumin light with customisable optics. It houses 6 x XPG lights each putting out about 350 lumins. Housing design credit to Troutie. (talented light builder in the UK) First the anodise instructions: 1) Prepare part well (nice smooth finish) Anodising only highlights the imperfections. 2) Etch in caustic soda for two minutes or so - rinse well with water 3) Hook up 12V battery charger + to part, and - to lead, leave to stew in weak sulphuric acid for 45 minutes, rinse well with water 4) dip in Strong DYLON multi purpose dye at about 50 degrees for a few minutes to get desired colour 5) boil for 30 minutes in water to seal in colour Results below - enjoy Other Anodising notes: It's that simple, really. here are some links for good reads. don't over complicate it. I don't use temp gauges or anything like that. I just got 4 litres of weak battery acid from Battery centre (specific gravity 1100 - they will know that that means) and a battery charger. Practice makes perfect. You don't even need to do the etching beforehand. I just did it this way this time to see what happened. (it a mad scientist thing!!) Remember, use DYLON multipurpose dye, it's the only DYLON one which works. (get from Dischem / clicks etc) http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Newman/anodize/ Just out of interest, the anodising layer on the alu is the second hardest substance known to man, the hardest of course is diamond. My first example of home anodising. Colour : Tangarine. the reason for the spotted housing was the dodgy aluminium used. The Alu takes the colour, and the other metals go black from the acid. You can see that the lid (on the bottom) took the colour well as it was a std alu. Below the finished product UPDATE: Hi hubbers, just an update on the annodising light. I built it up last night with a maxflex driver and 6 x XPG R5 leds. Unbelievable light!! around 2000 lumins. 4 narrow Carclo optics with two eliptical used. Anyways, enjoy the completed pics. - beam shots to follow when I get a moment. Beam shots in the next post........

damn!!!

Oh Noooooo, I got suckered!!!!!! damn!! I was really sucked in... damn!!

This news deserves it's own thread. A pressurized sub 500g frame check it out http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/500g-barrier-shattered-by-groundbreaking-new-frame-25600 imagine saying, my frame has a puncture!!???? enjoy, Thys

I must admit, I saw it coming, but brilliant non the less. SUCKERS!!!!