"Pay no attention to the shameless hussy on the bicycle."

July 17, 2007 7:51 AM

This web site details how to construct a high performance bicycle lighting system. Also contains information on bells, horns, dynamo powered lights, and other safety devices (Warning! This site contains a small fair amount of nudity!)
posted by furtive (19 comments total)

Well at least it's actual nudity instead of mannequins with plastic buttholes and vaginafeet.
posted by ninjew at 7:56 AM on July 17, 2007

That is funny.
posted by Mr_Zero at 7:56 AM on July 17, 2007

Wowzah, look at those headlights.
posted by dreamsign at 7:58 AM on July 17, 2007

I think the update date is wrong: from all available HTML evidence, the year is off by exactly a decade.
posted by maxwelton at 8:02 AM on July 17, 2007

hehe, the custom is to put the parenthesis "(NSFW)" after the link itself. Please help to keep me employed.
posted by cowbellemoo at 8:02 AM on July 17, 2007 [1 favorite]

Damn! That is a lot of info. Thanks!
And what's with the naked people???
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 8:38 AM on July 17, 2007

The improperly installed rear rack is just asking for trouble.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:12 AM on July 17, 2007

The front rack, however, is just fine.
posted by TedW at 9:18 AM on July 17, 2007

hehe, the custom is to put the parenthesis "(NSFW)" after the link itself. Please help to keep me employed.

Same here.
posted by Sreiny at 10:09 AM on July 17, 2007

This cyclist, riding a reproduction of a classic cruiser, is not serious about riding at night despite the battery powered light on the front fender and her cycling cap hanging on the handlebars. It almost looks like she's posing.
posted by lekvar at 10:15 AM on July 17, 2007

Guy must have a huge collection of bicycle porn that he wanted to show off.
posted by so_ at 11:44 AM on July 17, 2007

I was thinking of making a comment on the subject of the link..
posted by Chuckles at 12:03 PM on July 17, 2007

A lot of the information I saw seems to already be dated. (Though it's not really the author's fault, much of this technology is less than a year or two old.)

But now-a-days, you can pick up a 3watt LED headlamp that will be just as bright as the high-end xenon kits that will run considerably longer on standard (non-lithium) batteries.

Realizing that the xenon lamp on my handlebars just chewed through batteries, I gave up and bought a $25 3watt headlamp that I mounted to my helmet. I find it to be a much better choice for illuminating where I'm going, particularly in that it lights up where I'm going to be, not where my handlebars are currently pointing.
posted by quin at 12:36 PM on July 17, 2007

<points and laughs>
Sure quin, you read it for the articles...
</points and laughs>
posted by lekvar at 1:41 PM on July 17, 2007

Actually, I'm at work so I had to turn off the pictures. I fully expect when I get home, to laugh my ass off at my earlier attempt to find value in a booby/ tech site when you can't see the boobies.
posted by quin at 2:10 PM on July 17, 2007

World Naked Bike Ride
posted by telstar at 2:47 PM on July 17, 2007

Someone needs to call Hawkeye Pierce.
posted by lodurr at 2:49 PM on July 17, 2007

DIY.
posted by scalefree at 5:48 PM on July 17, 2007 [2 favorites]

Now that is a quality build idea, scalefree.
posted by quin at 6:15 PM on July 17, 2007