Well, I couldn't put the 4-bulb cateye  on the tica, since the der. post is too thin and I couldn't get the backet to work.  So I put the tiny little cateye pen light opticube and went out to the dam to do some riding.  The little sucker isn't going to work, which i knew, but I got to see bud's light in action, which works great.  
 
My only concern now is if I can ride the tica at all at night.  I may end up bringing two bikes instead.  When riding the lowracer I get most of my visual cues from the road way ahead.  I can't see the road real close to the bike.  Add in the lack of night visibility and my natural pitiful excuse for night vision and we may have a problem.  Being higher on the p-38 might slow me down but get me there in one piece.  
 
Time to bite the bullet, find a light, and try it again soon.

Greg,
 
I too will be riding two bikes at TTTT.  I'll ride my DF (w/generator hub) at night, and my recumbent during the daytime hours.
 
Nelson, give me a call when you can.  Dennis and I rode the 200k Brevet yesterday, and talked TTTT strategy.  We'd like to discuss with you. I took 3 wrong turns in the first 20 miles of yesterday's brevet, and have a new knickname
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Ended with more than 140 miles, with almost exacatly 8 hours of bike time.

"but look at its fangs!"
 
Actually that little thing is dynamite.
I wish someone would market the high level LEDs in a bike specific light.
Dinotte comes closest but you pay for theirs through the nose.
 
Give you a call tonight Ray!
 
Take Care,
Nelson.

I would expect you have some of the same issues I have on the Bacchetta only worse, as the more inline your eyes are with the light beam, the less relief you can pick from road protuberances.
 
But I think you do need to see my little light in action before dismissing it.  120 Lumens is nothing to sneeze at.  Ofcourse a 20W halogen is at least double that, but I have to haul a multi pound battery to get the same runtime, and my light weighs just a few ounces more than 2AA batteries.
 
Take Care,
Nelson.

Quote from aikigreg on Sep 2^nd, 2007, 5:34pm:

 
 
If we're still on for a Saturday night ride(this Saturday night),I can show my Light & Motion HID light.