Recommend me some lights

[DJD]

Having recently dusted the old MTB down and starting to ride again, then purchasing a new road bike and with the nights seeming to drawing in very rapidly at the moment I am looking for a set of lights, do not have too many criteria.

Not overly expensive (less than £100).
Easy to swap between bikes, either they are easy to remove (no tools required) or a second set of mounts are readily available.
Want to be seen but also where I live we have some nice, fairly quiet country lanes, so lighting up the road is quite important too.

Any recommendation are greatly recieved.

[Agoogy]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Gnarlybluesurf]

So in terms of the brightest lights for under £100 the ligts from dealextreme are universally accepted to be amazing for their price. Dealextreme get good reviews too, it normally takes 2-3 weeks to arrive and on the times when the lights don't work everyone seems happy that they accept them back and exchange.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30864
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36018

Another option if you want an affordable setup from UK based companies set up below as it gives a reported beam for upto 700ft, it takes AA batteries and so is easy to change if they are running low, it doubles up as a torch and with the different mounts listed below it's easy to put on the front of your bike or your helmet. In practice i'm unsure it's 700ft but more than bright enough for road and off road illumination.

The Torch: http://www.stockwelltools.co.uk/product.php/site/f...

Torch mounts: http://www.thetorchsite.co.uk/LED_Lenser_Bike_Moun...

If you want to see how bright it is see these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDlsl80YPpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_zy0ZFZtXY&fea...


In terms of back light it think you'll always struggle to beat these as they are seriously bright to the extent of being painful to your eyes to look in and have alternating sequences so are very noticable to the eye as they flash away.

http://www.bikescene.co.uk/Cateye-TLLD1100-Rear-Li...

These can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1OjDGyN46M

I challenge anyone to beat that as a seriously bright, brand new, reliable front & back light combination for under £70 !!

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Wednesday 8th September 10:12

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Wednesday 8th September 10:17

[Gooby]

If I could steer you away from some lights - Lupine. Caused nothing but trouble (and injuries). The importer is cras, rude, unhelpful, incompetant and a disgrace to the cycling community.

Next purchase will be troutlights.

Edited by Gooby on Wednesday 8th September 10:38

[Chris71]

Worth giving Lumicycle a call. Their top-end halide MTB lights are somewhat above your budget, but the halogen ones might fall inside. They're good enough for proper off-road riding.

For road riding - on lit roads - I just have a Cateye-type LED unit front and back powered by a couple of AA batteries. Total cost for the setup was about £30 and the batteries lasted all winter.

[robpearson]

Gooby, I have three sets of lupine lights now, one HID, and two LED ( ones set are for my wife) What trouble have you had with them? I'm concerned now as I think they are great, if overpriced.

[Parrot of Doom]

Can't really beat this for a bright rear light, on both output and price:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Superflash-0-5W-Nich...

I have a few of them. They will blind you if you look at them.

[darkyoung1000]

I like the Knog lights:

http://www.knog.com.au/gear-lights/

As they require no mounts whatsoever and you can fix them to whichever part of the bike is handiest. You can get them online for about £15 each for the Gekkos.

Cheers,
Tom

[DrMekon]

The sensibly priced back light arms race is currently being lead by the PDW Radbot 1000 and the RSP Astrum (2 of the superflashes in one case). The venerable Superflash has been overtaken. Obviously, the Dinotte 400L is still there for those who really really don't want someone to go into the back of them.

Radbot vs superflash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxnYHRINovU

Dinotte 400l
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A73-rf-9yFQ

I've ridden behind a radbot and it was enough to give me a headache. I reckon rear lights are reaching the point where they need to be angled down.