assessing goodies
before getting to the important stuff, let us say that i made a short and succint commute today, with very little deviation. i find that temperatures of 18 @ 6.15 i the a.m. cause me to be unenthusiastic about lenghtening my trip. and the afternoons suck too. so 6.5 in the a.m. and 6 in the p.m., both done slowly. tomorrow big winter nasties are forecasted, with snow and/or "wintry mix" in the afternoon and lots of snow in the evening. it's also the case that the good family has 4 different activities tomorrow after 1.20, so i'll be driving. if the schedule were completely clear, i would give it a go and make the p.m. return an adventure.
12.5 total miles/12.7avg/18degrees a.m./32 degrees p.m.
now, about those goodies. i had spent yesterday evening, fortuitously, mountain the good stuff, and today was a good basic ride to check the schwag out. concerning the Carradice, i like the layout and the seeming durability. i mounted the Bagman and all the good stuff and gave her a go. the immediate problem is that the Lowsaddle just isn't big enough. i had my normal workload, pants shirt, skivvies, boxlunch, yogurts, stack o papers in the main compartment, one side pocket with wallet, keys, glasses, and the other with tools. i had to put the extra tube in the main compartment. with the expandale top, i was able to get everything in, but it was at capacity. i know there are times when I carry MORE, and sometimes even MORE than that. i had very work-related papers and this can be a big problem. Por Eso, I'm going to send the Lowsaddle back and move up to the Nelson. i think there is room on the bike, and i just have more storage. I will make due with the Nelson hell or high water.
concerning the light, i liked it quite alot, well in the a.m. i did. the light give s off a nice conical pattern and points it out in front of the bike nicely. the autofeature with the stationary LED in nice too. i gave the light high marks in the a.m. the p.m. brought a different problem b/c it wouldn't turn off. i remember reading about polarity and current blah blah blah. the crux of it is that the light NEVER goes off; the switches have no impact at all. i have to fix this.
i called Peter this p.m. to discuss the bag switch, which he was fine with. i then discussed the light and he seemed, well, perplexed. he finally told me to switch the polarity, which is light telling me to go find some vectors or parabola or something. i'm electricity-impaired. i'm going to give it another go though. the beam is good for commuting and the supposed on/off capability is appropriate.
once things are dialed in, i will do more substantial review for all those commuters out there reading my blog. (did you pick up on the irony?)
12.5 total miles/12.7avg/18degrees a.m./32 degrees p.m.
now, about those goodies. i had spent yesterday evening, fortuitously, mountain the good stuff, and today was a good basic ride to check the schwag out. concerning the Carradice, i like the layout and the seeming durability. i mounted the Bagman and all the good stuff and gave her a go. the immediate problem is that the Lowsaddle just isn't big enough. i had my normal workload, pants shirt, skivvies, boxlunch, yogurts, stack o papers in the main compartment, one side pocket with wallet, keys, glasses, and the other with tools. i had to put the extra tube in the main compartment. with the expandale top, i was able to get everything in, but it was at capacity. i know there are times when I carry MORE, and sometimes even MORE than that. i had very work-related papers and this can be a big problem. Por Eso, I'm going to send the Lowsaddle back and move up to the Nelson. i think there is room on the bike, and i just have more storage. I will make due with the Nelson hell or high water.
concerning the light, i liked it quite alot, well in the a.m. i did. the light give s off a nice conical pattern and points it out in front of the bike nicely. the autofeature with the stationary LED in nice too. i gave the light high marks in the a.m. the p.m. brought a different problem b/c it wouldn't turn off. i remember reading about polarity and current blah blah blah. the crux of it is that the light NEVER goes off; the switches have no impact at all. i have to fix this.
i called Peter this p.m. to discuss the bag switch, which he was fine with. i then discussed the light and he seemed, well, perplexed. he finally told me to switch the polarity, which is light telling me to go find some vectors or parabola or something. i'm electricity-impaired. i'm going to give it another go though. the beam is good for commuting and the supposed on/off capability is appropriate.
once things are dialed in, i will do more substantial review for all those commuters out there reading my blog. (did you pick up on the irony?)
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