"Beach Runner" <
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> YEARS back I had lights that strapped onto my theighs. They weren't very
> bright but they were very visible.
>
> Does anyone make them?
I used to have one of these, but I haven't seen them in years.
I did some Googling and found a reference here:
http://www.bhsi.org/lights.htm
"For tail lights I started with two leg lights, showing red to the rear and
white to the front. Those have the advantage of going up and down,
attracting attention and identifying the bike."
But this seems to be a guy who's rigged up a car headlight, and uses one of
those big orange barricade flashers in the rear. For all I know, maybe this
means he's surgically implanted lights into his legs.
This site says: "The days of the French Wonder Light leg lights are gone."
http://www.crw.org/CheapLights.htm
and maybe they are. Certainly I no longer see the Wonder headlights
anywhere, unless my old ones are hiding somewhere in the basement. The
Wonder headlights had those odd-sized batteries you could only buy at bike
shops (in the U.S.). Another bad idea gone by the wayside. The Wonder leg
lights at least used standard batteries.
There's also this nostalgic comment at
http://www.uscoles.com/bike1980.htm
"our standard lighting in these days [1980] was a leg light, a single-bulbed
light powered by two C cells which you strapped on your lower left leg. The
bulb had a yellow lens in front and a red one behind and it didn't light up
****, but it did wave around a lot as you pedalled and presumably made you
more visible. They were always getting knocked "on", so our standard
practice was to remove the top, reverse one battery, and put the top back
on."
Here's one on Ebay. Bidding starts at 99 cents plus $5 shipping, and there
are no bids -- which tells you something right there. Auction ends in 3
days.
<<http://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-Arm-Leg-Light-Vintage-NOS-Lamp_W0QQitemZ7182527580QQcategoryZ42319QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>>