Headlights, again

Some time ago, Richard Hopkins posted the following comment:

I had a great, but simple idea for headlights.

Polarise them. That way, when it’s wet, they won’t reflect off the road surface and dazzle everyone. Oncoming traffic will be able to see the road markings.

I thought I would verify that it works. Continue reading Headlights, again

My road-bike renewal scheme

Following up on my last post here, I am investigating how to improve my road bike. As I said there, it will involve a new wider-range cassette and a compact chainset. However I am also going to take the opportunity to fix a couple of other annoyances. Continue reading My road-bike renewal scheme