Rick C Johnson

I found a trick with my motorcycle that works well in most situations
that requires only what all street bikes already come equipped with -
the side stand. At most intersections you can see where the detection
loops are so I'd just flip my side stand down and wave it over a section
of the loop. Works like a charm.
Remember the detection is based on both mass and distance - a smaller
ferrous mass very close is the same at a larger mass at a distance. The
same trick can be used if you have ferrous shoe cleats although my
experience has been that the mass is quite small and effectiveness
varies with how sensitive the sensor is set.

Rick

veloboy366@netzero.net wrote:

>I've used a similar product on my motorcycle and it actually works
>really well. The lights I use to get stuck at suddenly realized I
>was sitting there and would give me a green light. I liked that
>better than running the red light and hoping a cop wasn't near by.
> Brian
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veloboy366@netzero.net

I've used a similar product on my motorcycle and it actually works
really well. The lights I use to get stuck at suddenly realized I
was sitting there and would give me a green light. I liked that
better than running the red light and hoping a cop wasn't near by.
Brian

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I'd speculate it's a mixture of particles worn off the chain, gear teeth
(if you aren't running non-ferrous gears) and common dirt. Dirt can have
a fair bit of ferrous material - the amount of which varies with the
local soil composition. Two of the most significant origins of this
material are volcanic ejections that have settled to earth and asteroid
dust (which has been raining down on us for millennia).
You can see the content of this by probing with your magnet in some dry
dirt and then seeing what sticks.

Rick

Brian Engelen wrote:

> Speaking of magnets, here is an interesting phenomenon related to
> magnets and chain cleaning.
>
>
>
> I use Simple Green and hate to toss it out after one use. So I let
> the dirt settle out and pour off the good stuff, toss the rest.
> Anyways, out of curiosity I dropped a strong magnet into the dirty
> sludge and found it was highly magnetic. I cleaned it from the magnet
> and it looked like black ointment. I suppose this is a thousand miles
> worth of chain dust?
>
>
>
> Brian
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Curt Dewees
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:45 AM
> *To:* obra@list.obra.org
> *Subject:* [OBRA Chat] The bike accessory we've all wished we had ...
>
>
>
> it's finally here: the Traffic Light Signal Activator:
>
>
>
> http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog/Signal-Sorcerer-Traffic-Light-Activator-p-16700.html
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Brian Engelen

Speaking of magnets, here is an interesting phenomenon related to magnets
and chain cleaning.

I use Simple Green and hate to toss it out after one use. So I let the dirt
settle out and pour off the good stuff, toss the rest. Anyways, out of
curiosity I dropped a strong magnet into the dirty sludge and found it was
highly magnetic. I cleaned it from the magnet and it looked like black
ointment. I suppose this is a thousand miles worth of chain dust?

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Curt Dewees
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:45 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] The bike accessory we've all wished we had ...

it's finally here: the Traffic Light Signal Activator:

http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog/Signal-Sorcerer-Traffic-Light-Activator
-p-16700.html

Rick C Johnson

Just be sure to keep it away from your watch, credit cards and all
magnetic computer media!
Also note flying with it could violate some FAA regulations.

Rick

Curt Dewees wrote:

> it's finally here: the Traffic Light Signal Activator:
>
> http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog/Signal-Sorcerer-Traffic-Light-Activator-p-16700.html
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it's finally here: the Traffic Light Signal Activator:

http://www.solomotoparts.com/catalog/Signal-Sorcerer-Traffic-Light-Activator-p-16700.html