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echo: bikenet
to: BARRY AUSTERN
from: RAY SHANNON
date: 1996-05-20 09:37:00
subject: Traffic lights

RS>  When I was 40 or 50 years younger and was riding my Harley 74 and 
RS> came up to a Red Light that had the treadle for chnging I would stop 
RS> so that my left foot was over the treadle plate and with my Cycle 
RS> Boot just stomp on that sucker. Worked every time. 
BA> Unfortunately, most sensors today for traffic lights are not treadles
BA> that  feel the weight of a vehicle but rather sense the magnetic flux
BA> of a few  thousand pounds of steel. Even if it were super-sensitive and
BA> a steel  bicycle would set it off, my Cannondale doesn't stand a
BA> chance. Only steel  there is the chain, as far as I know.
I think if you will re-read my post, you will see the time span is quite
a few years. 
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