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these blink from bumps, not from spin
I bought two, and I've had them now for 2 weeks. My use is on a bicycle.
The valve is schrader (not presta). I thought these would illuminate upon
the spinning of the wheel due to the outward force. But in actuality,
in a bicycle application, they do not. They do illuminate (or blink)
upon shock. On a bicycle, when going over bumps at moderate speed, they
do light up and are quite attention-getting at night. Interestingly,
and higher bicycle speeds (>10 mph), even a bumpy road will not make
them light. Perhaps this is because the outward spin force is greater
than the shock (or impluse) force from each bump. The lighting described
above does not matter if it is daylight or night. They survived a 15
minute ride in a moderate rain just fine.
November 2011 · Sports and Outdoors