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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by Aardwolf on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:49AM (#42315348)
Bike LED lights tend to strobe when pushing the bike manually, which is very annoying. This is due to technical reasons with the dynamo and LED rather that programmed behavior afaik. But do LED bike lights that attempt to fix this issue (either be off or dim rather that flicker at low speed) exist? It's not a feature typically listed on their product descriptions...
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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by lucianbr on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:11AM (#42315452)
There are plenty battery-based lights that simply have multiple operating modes, some of them being strobe. This is by far the majority of the issue. I haven't seen someone using a dynamo for more than a decade.

People choose the strobe, presumably because they feel more visible and therefore safer. I understand it, but it's annoying as hell.

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by Aardwolf on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:41AM (#42315628)
I'm talking about a hub dynamo in a bike in Europe. This is not uncommon at all.

Maybe these are not common in other locales but I don't understand why that seems to have offended some :/ I'm talking about rapidly flashing lights in narrow streets in cities from people pushing their bikes (and me having such bike too, and trying to remember to switch of the light when pushing bike manually to not annoy others)

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by KennyBlanken on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:54AM (#42315682)
They're quite common even in the US as well. That person probably has no idea hub generators exist, or that they have standlight functionality.

All the bike-share bikes in the US have generator hub lights as well (except for the ebikes, of course.)

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by dpkirchner on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @07:44AM (#42316891)
I had a driver yell at me that they only look for bicycles that have strobing lights, not bikes like mine that used a steady light. I don't know how common that specific mentality is, though.
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