Xenons on a pushbike?
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Chap I know who races mountain bikes has just paid £330 for some superbright lightweight bike light setup. The unit is very lightweight as is the battery, you can also adjust the brightness to about 8 settings, with the corresponding adjustment to how long the rechargeable battery lasts. He's bought it for a 9 hour night race he's entered into.
I've got a set of Cygolites (or something like that). They retail at around £120, but I picked them up off Ebay for about £30
They are far from top of the crop, but they're still pretty good. The battery is bottle-shaped, and lives in the bottle cage on the frame. I've got a choice of wide beam, spot beam or both. If I have both, the battery life is only about 75 minutes, but this is enough for each direction to the office when I cycle in the dark come winter, and the added respect you get from oncoming motorists is amazing. I can only assume they mistake me for a motorbike or something. Even better, if I get some tosser refusing to go to dipped beams, I actually have enough firepower to dazzle them in return. I've yet to have one not dip their lights as a result.
They are far from top of the crop, but they're still pretty good. The battery is bottle-shaped, and lives in the bottle cage on the frame. I've got a choice of wide beam, spot beam or both. If I have both, the battery life is only about 75 minutes, but this is enough for each direction to the office when I cycle in the dark come winter, and the added respect you get from oncoming motorists is amazing. I can only assume they mistake me for a motorbike or something. Even better, if I get some tosser refusing to go to dipped beams, I actually have enough firepower to dazzle them in return. I've yet to have one not dip their lights as a result.
pdV6 said:
The Lupine Edison that Neil was running a while back was incredible - he was only running it on part power and I might as well have turned mine off!
They were a bit good weren't they - IIRC they were something rediculous like 500watt or something...
I'd love a set, but £500 for a set of lights? *faints*
Neil_Bolton said:
pdV6 said:
The Lupine Edison that Neil was running a while back was incredible - he was only running it on part power and I might as well have turned mine off!
They were a bit good weren't they - IIRC they were something rediculous like 500watt or something...
I'd love a set, but £500 for a set of lights? *faints*
Still better than getting squished by a Porsche when he doesn't see you
BliarOut said:
Neil_Bolton said:
pdV6 said:
The Lupine Edison that Neil was running a while back was incredible - he was only running it on part power and I might as well have turned mine off!
They were a bit good weren't they - IIRC they were something rediculous like 500watt or something...
I'd love a set, but £500 for a set of lights? *faints*
Still better than getting squished by a Porsche when he doesn't see you
I just went for the £160 ones instead *goes slightly white*
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