More specs on Jaycar's website here.
The cost of moving up from 160 lumen to 270 lumen? $AU60. I don't think there's any chance of such a cheap upgrade with a commercial light set.
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12 years ago
Showing posts with label Tikit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tikit. Show all posts
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Lighting Upgrade
Given the reputation of Sydney drivers, I am thinking about a boost to the lighting I have. Weisan queried my earlier post about my home made lights . Specifically he asked about cost effectiveness. For sure they are cheaper than any comparable commercial set. But the real payoff is that it's all standard components, assembled simply. When poking around the Jaycar store I found some new LEDs for MR16 downlight application. So I can just go and buy one of these and plug it in.
More specs on Jaycar's website here.
The cost of moving up from 160 lumen to 270 lumen? $AU60. I don't think there's any chance of such a cheap upgrade with a commercial light set.
More specs on Jaycar's website here.
The cost of moving up from 160 lumen to 270 lumen? $AU60. I don't think there's any chance of such a cheap upgrade with a commercial light set.
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Tikit Hyperfold Upgrade
Jan-2007
I had my first serious hitch with the Tikit, when I managed to pop open the head clamp when starting off. The clamp is sort of pac-man shaped in cross-section and it has become more opened out. In this case one of the twin cable also failed. The bike was still (very gently) rideable because of two sensible design choices: one being the use of twin cables, the other being the direction of the hinge, so that ones weight the handlebars (particularly when braking) tend to keep the hinge closed.
One of the nicest things about Bike Friday is that you can always get hold of someone who really knows what they are talking about. In this case I emailed over some photos and a phone call got me Tim, who immediately said that what was needed was the new, upgraded head clamp, hinge and cable. They are now calling this really cool folding arrangement the "hyperfold" to distinguish it from a simpler (but slower) arrangement they call the "Model T".
I had the new parts on my front door in Australia four days later. You can see below how much the hinge has been beefed up (the new version is on the right).
Note the "P56" serial number on the old head arrangement: they've changed where they put the serial number on the newer bikes and I'm kind of sorry to be losing the original serial number - "P" for "prototype" or "pre-production"? 56 would be about right for it being the 56th Tikit.
You can also see how much chunkier the clamp on the hinge now is:
I had my first serious hitch with the Tikit, when I managed to pop open the head clamp when starting off. The clamp is sort of pac-man shaped in cross-section and it has become more opened out. In this case one of the twin cable also failed. The bike was still (very gently) rideable because of two sensible design choices: one being the use of twin cables, the other being the direction of the hinge, so that ones weight the handlebars (particularly when braking) tend to keep the hinge closed.
One of the nicest things about Bike Friday is that you can always get hold of someone who really knows what they are talking about. In this case I emailed over some photos and a phone call got me Tim, who immediately said that what was needed was the new, upgraded head clamp, hinge and cable. They are now calling this really cool folding arrangement the "hyperfold" to distinguish it from a simpler (but slower) arrangement they call the "Model T".
I had the new parts on my front door in Australia four days later. You can see below how much the hinge has been beefed up (the new version is on the right).
Note the "P56" serial number on the old head arrangement: they've changed where they put the serial number on the newer bikes and I'm kind of sorry to be losing the original serial number - "P" for "prototype" or "pre-production"? 56 would be about right for it being the 56th Tikit.
You can also see how much chunkier the clamp on the hinge now is:
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