Xenons on a pushbike?

[BliarOut]

Surely not? I overtook a cyclist on the A16 yesterday around dusk and I couldn't believe how bright his front light was. Do they do xenons for pushbikes now?

[matthew_h]

Yup, HIDs have been available for a couple of years or so.

Not cheap mind

[BliarOut]

Bloody effective... They may not be cheap but there's no way you could miss seeing the cycle even at dusk on a busy A road.

[dazren]

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.

[JWB]

Lupines are the tops. I think you can spend in the region of £800 on a set of lights.

I built my own lights.

[Kermit power]

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.

[gazzab]

I have HID Light n Motions. They are amazing. They are expensive (£425? normal uk retail) but the US and Ebay mean they can be had for around the £200 mark.

[pdV6]

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!

[Neil_Bolton]

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*

[BliarOut]

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

[Neil_Bolton]

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*