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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: connected lights
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:35:56 -0400
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On 9/13/2024 2:48 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 9/13/2024 1:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 9/13/2024 2:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>> On 9/13/2024 12:37 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 9/13/2024 8:15 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>>>>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/12/2024 8:57 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 9/12/2024 8:50 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 9/12/2024 6:45 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/12/2024 5:40 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:13:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>>>>>>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Understood. Your near-default point is "Everyone's
>>>>>>>>>>>> decision is correct."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My frequent point is "You don't need to go to extremes
>>>>>>>>>>>> to be safe,
>>>>>>>>>>>> especially on a bike."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My frequent point is that safe is a subjective evaluation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I feel safe on a bicycle sidepath, you don't.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You feel safe on a bicycle sidepath only if you've got a
>>>>>>>>>> handgun ready to draw and fire within a second or two.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Correct. Suits his situation, in his personal evaluation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As always, when seconds matter, 911 is just twenty minutes
>>>>>>>>> away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "His situation" is shared by many other path users. I'm
>>>>>>>> betting he's the only one so afraid as to never ride without
>>>>>>>> his gun.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe not for those previously mugged.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> There seems to be lack of equipment to carry a gun on a bike, and 
>>>>>> indeed
>>>>>> it’s not mentioned by American YouTubers and so on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It appears not to be sold which suggests doesn’t really have a 
>>>>>> market, and
>>>>>> you can buy all sorts of cycling accessories for you phone and so on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let alone that from how he described it, it’s a nice pleasurable 
>>>>>> place to
>>>>>> ride. Doesn’t sound risky or deprived which often are linked for well
>>>>>> reasons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That he wants to and so on, well that’s his choice and so on but 
>>>>>> doesn’t
>>>>>> sound like he rides in a risky area.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Easily fabricated as Mr Tricycle has or just one click on
>>>>> Amazon:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/bikase-gunkase-motorcycle- subcompact- 
>>>>> handguns/ dp/b0839m7t3y
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll bet you £1 that your local London area shop doesn't
>>>>> stock them. Different market entirely.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I admire his initiative and effort to do so but that’s kinda of the 
>>>> point,
>>>> I suspect that your bike shop and one’s local to Him would also not 
>>>> stock
>>>> them or similar.
>>>>
>>>> As it’s just not a thing for most cyclists after all if it was be 
>>>> more than
>>>> random Amazon bits.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We stock it and sell them occasionally. Less than inner tubes, but some.
>>
>> Actual numbers would tell us a lot.
>>
> 
> Small. It's a specialty item.

Yep. As noted, 99 ratings vs. 54,000 for smart phone mounts.

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- Frank Krygowski