Gone will be the two light bars and the multi-tiered system [I'll still have pairs of lights and backup batteries]. This is to reduce the total weight of the quadricycle system. In their place will be two added features [brake lights & turn signals] I’ve wanted, but did not have the time to implement. In my Fargo ~ 07/09, rear-end delivery, to UTC article, I mention my work on brake lights and the fact that I had not found a good turn signal solution.
I touched base with Duncan Watson [BROL Member DuncanJames] [a new mango Sport Velomobile owner], who offered promising suggestions. I’m currently awaiting a reply from David Hembrow of Ligfietsgarage Groningen, producer of the Mango and dealer of Sinner Recumbents. Today, Is Masin [also a BROL Member], offered a suggestion I am prepared to implement [depending of cost comparison]. He says:
If you still have some of your old DiNotte 140 amber lights, you could set four of them up as turn signals. Run each side’s front and rear lights into a wye connecter, and then into an in-line switch. Leave the lights in strobe mode and use the switches to cut them on and off.
Earlier in the week, I fashioned a combination DiNotte 400L and brake light, using the two 140L AA lights from my trailer. [They started as replacement flagpole lights and evolved to brake lights as more practical and only need power when the brakes are applied.
Today, after Is Masin’s suggestion, I modified the light bracket to take an additional 140L light—amber for turn signals. I am pleased with the result and do not know if I can arrive at a better look for me.
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You know about my Mechanical #3 [which ended my recent tour]. Remember I noted symptoms on the first day of the tour when I experienced the loud popping sound and had crank slip. Well, my kit is with Ashley for his mods to ensure I never experience that again. Thanks Ashley!!!![Quad front lighting [left front]](http://northcarolinacyclist.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/crw_1471-crw_.jpg "Quad front lighting [left front]")
