No More...Bike Light?
I've got a problem.
I haven't mentioned this before, but I'm a big fan of biking and make it a point to bike 10 miles round-trip each day to work for most of the year. Apart from all of the mean drivers and smog, it's great fun, and I really enjoy getting some exercise instead of driving a polar-bear-killing car or using the somewhat unpredictable Chicago trains.
In case you're wondering, I always wear a helmet and use bike lights because riding around on my bicicleta in Chicago tends to make me, and probably most bikers, feel like my life is precariously balancing just on the edge of some horrible and violent death. Obviously, taking every measure of caution possible is a good idea.
Here's where my problem comes in. The other day, I was trying to open up one of my oh-so-necessary bike lights to check out what was going on with my batteries, and I broke the plastic mechanism for clasping the light onto my vehicle of choice. Crapola!!
And on top of that, the batteries turned out to be dead. Eh! Double crapola!!
So now I might need to buy a new bike light, which will surely be made of plastic and come packaged in plastic, or figure out how to somehow attach my light to me or my bike some other way. And I also need to buy batteries, which will definitely come wrapped in the shiny stuff. This stinks.
I haven't mentioned this before, but I'm a big fan of biking and make it a point to bike 10 miles round-trip each day to work for most of the year. Apart from all of the mean drivers and smog, it's great fun, and I really enjoy getting some exercise instead of driving a polar-bear-killing car or using the somewhat unpredictable Chicago trains.In case you're wondering, I always wear a helmet and use bike lights because riding around on my bicicleta in Chicago tends to make me, and probably most bikers, feel like my life is precariously balancing just on the edge of some horrible and violent death. Obviously, taking every measure of caution possible is a good idea.
Here's where my problem comes in. The other day, I was trying to open up one of my oh-so-necessary bike lights to check out what was going on with my batteries, and I broke the plastic mechanism for clasping the light onto my vehicle of choice. Crapola!!
And on top of that, the batteries turned out to be dead. Eh! Double crapola!!
So now I might need to buy a new bike light, which will surely be made of plastic and come packaged in plastic, or figure out how to somehow attach my light to me or my bike some other way. And I also need to buy batteries, which will definitely come wrapped in the shiny stuff. This stinks.
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Be careful, though. Plastic can be good for some things...like safety, for example. And some hospital stuff.
But if you're usually wearing the same bag or coat, you might be able to pin or stitch the light to that.
In terms of batteries, I've been using rechargeable ones for a while now, and it really is much cheaper (and better). The rechargeable alkaline ones are probably cheaper and will do the trick.
Or you could make a new case out of wood? pretty crazy, but it might work
What about some rechargeable batteries to offset the plastic consumption some? I think that would reduce future plastic consumption too.
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Riding your bike should count for off setting a bit of plastic. :)
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Another option is a zip tie. It would involve less plastic then duct tape and you wouldn't block to much light to attach it.
I have figured out that I can bike to the local grocery store, but will be using sidewalks. Biking in suburbia in Chicagoland just truly creeps me out. The drivers are heinous as it is much less on a bike.
Kudos to your brave soul!!! I think we should DEMAND bike paths everywhere. That has alot to do with why more people don't bike 'round these parts. Shannon