Anything to do with Cycling, sailing and flashlights. I know an odd combination but my passion for night MTBing and riding through the long winter months led me to find ways to turn some of the most powerful and cheap flashlights in to brilliantly bright lights for bikes. Sailing.. well who doesn't like boats?
He was trying to leave with a strong side wind and didn't run a surge line to keep him straight. As soon as his bow was exposed to the wind he lost control. Ideally stay where you are or rig a windward surging line (i.e. a long thinner than usual line on that will give you some aft resistance to counter the wind.) so that you can hold straight as you depart.
@@motorbiking18650 Toevallig verhuren wij ook zeiljachten en ligplaatsen. Maar alleen aan ervaren zeilers. Verhuren aan kneuzen zonder ervaring zorgt voor torenhoge verzekeringspremies en schade zonder dader.
Your 13 years old video fixed my problem in 2024, My wuben TO40R not working, after watching your video i opened tailcap spring and then i extended it and the my problem was solved. Thank you.
No one should downvote a video for showing them a cheap and effective method of making their night journey safer. Especially considering the prices of dedicated bike lamps, that offer the same or less performance of the budget metal, rechargeable flashlights. That said, there are some very good 'pieces of plastic' on the market, designed specifically for fixing a standard flashlight to your handlebar. They offer finer adjustment than the rudimentary elastic band method. Even with the extra spend on a bracket, it can still be cheaper than expensive bike lights. This video is useful because it shows you how to solve a problem quickly, at a pinch, when you have no other option to hand. I will definitely be using this while deciding on the best bracket to buy for extra adjustment and unclipping convenience.
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How did this hold up? Considering doing the same to mine. I have a standard size handle bar but my best flashlight is super narrow so I think this would be better.
Hey there..i have some issues with my flashlight XHP70... Something with the pcb board. Light is illuminating when i touch poke the pcb at a specific area with a needle....i have no idea whats wrong or happening.. what should i do
If you can’t get batteries out it’s probably corroded inside. You recommend greasing up ( not over greasing) the inside of battery container? This seems to be a pretty common occurrence. Batteries leaking? The inside is sealed off from the world so I can’t understand how else this would happen. Mines a g 32 and the warranty people were pretty good about exchanging it:). By the way when I suggest greasing It I’m talking about right out of the package.
Thanks for the vid. I dissassembled my mtb cree CPG350 but my issue is different. Its saying the cell is full but it doesn't light up unless it's connect via usb/ charger... Any way we could reset it?
I just bought a cheap UV light, placed in fresh batteries and it didnt work. Though I got scammed or somthing but my gut told me to try all the batteries... Turns out 2/5 new batteries in the pack worked. I stil got scammed out of the batteries but at least the UV light works 😅
Hello, very informative, thanks. I have an Imalent DT35 with 4 cree xhp 35 leds (2017) and 2 of them are flikering, blinking... I recently bought it used, but it had very little use, so it is like new.... sometimes a 3rd led will start ok at 80lm setting, but then will turn off at 1000lm or 5000lm settings. The 4th one will never turn on. Do you think is there some solution for it? (by the way, with just 2 leds working the amount of light is impressive!)
I bought www.lightmalls.com/new-small-steel-cannon-flashlight-xhp50-led-3-6000lm-type-c-usb-rechargeable-aluminum-alloy-outdoor-led-glare-long-distance-searchlight for $30 and its really excellent. The multiple LED lights are hard to fix if the driver wiring is faulty.
Thanks a lot for your video I just tried it and that works perfect thank you who needs to spend $100 on bike lights when you go to hardware store and buy a $20 light and just do this brighter 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Kudos for doing this fiddly video. Torches are a great way to light up the road ahead. The idea is to be seen and be seen. A light on your cycling helmet works to get you seen and this idea solves the problem of being seen. I wouldn’t lose sleep about dazzling a car driver because a lot of them don’t like cyclists 😉
I tried your tip to connect coil in led light element to one end of battery with a wire and other end of wire to other end of battery, but it causes the battery to instantly smoke and burn?!
I mounted a tac flashlight with rubber bands and carved styrofoam also rear safety light a tac flashlight with a red laundry soap bottle cap see my Facebook page for pictures I had a mixed bag of rubber bands used the fat ones to mount the head light
I just mended mini that was intermittently working going bright to dim to sos then no light so I soldered copper branded wire from top to bottom of each spring front and back and now it works as it should.
