At 09:10 PM 18/02/2007 +0000, Julius Naim wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone uses carbide lamps on their bicycles,
>perhaps like this one;
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170080592359
Back when I was riding in the 1950s in the UK, one of the guys in our club used a carbide lamp just like that. It must have weighed as much as his frame, but it was a convesation piece. It also gave much better illumination than out battery powered headlamps.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada