Bike lights
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oldstrath
Über Member
- Location
- Strathspey
B & M Ixon Premium, or at this price the Saferide probably worth doing; http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/philips-saferide-80-led-bike-light-battery-front-light/aid:642260.
andrew_s
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucester
Considering that the Saferide has as good a beam as the Ixon, and comes with 4xAA rechargeables, a mains (Europlug) to USB adapter, and a USB socket to mini USB lead, it would be rude not to get one.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I can recommend some weapons grade stuff, but you need a charger often. Heh heh 
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
I we talking battery or hub?
Battery, for ease.
Both have strengths for touring and commuting, but my thinking is:
The "fit and forget" utility of a fixed system and no limit on how long they can be used makes a hub (or tyre dynamo) easy to use, but is more expensive to set up and unique to that bike.
Battery lights have the need to carry (or obtain) extra batteries, can be removed from the bike to prevent theft, but are an investment that can be transferred from bike to bike.
Kevoffthetee
On the road to nowhere
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
That's what I'm look at in my choices, rather than a wired external battery option.
1 high power battery light (with plenty of bats on the saddle bag) or 2 lower powered for the MTB this I can take off and fit to an extra mount on the roady
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
I have recently had a dynamo hub fitted to my Koga Roadchamp with. 300 Lux B&M light. Thats it now, I can ride with it on both at night and daylight hours and básically forget it.
No more running out of battery power or having to charge batteries up.
The bike lift was a bargain as well a fiver from Aldi :0)
No more running out of battery power or having to charge batteries up.
The bike lift was a bargain as well a fiver from Aldi :0)
- Location
- London
I can see the big pluses of dynamo front light but if the OP is looking for a battery front light for touring, which I'd assume means being able to see on non-lit roads, I'd recommend the Hope Vision 1.
The more recent models are very efficient with batteries and have the added advantage (mine doesn't so it features the rather alarming instant shut-off!!) of a low battery light. I'd take it with a charger - possibly two - a "kind" one and a "cruel" one which will allow you to rapid charge the batteries. You could do the battery-cruel thing while sat in friendly cafe/bar or in the UK Wspoons.
Swapping batteries fitted into "cartridges" takes seconds.
it also makes an excellent campsite torch.
I wish I'd discovered it years ago. I have a far too large collection of front lights bought on a whim/oo that looks nice/offers a tiny incremental advantage over something I already had.
YACF has a massive thread on the merits of this light.
Loads of decent be-seen back lights of course.
I personally would standardise on lights using AAs. Makes carrying spares/swapping batteries far simpler.
The more recent models are very efficient with batteries and have the added advantage (mine doesn't so it features the rather alarming instant shut-off!!) of a low battery light. I'd take it with a charger - possibly two - a "kind" one and a "cruel" one which will allow you to rapid charge the batteries. You could do the battery-cruel thing while sat in friendly cafe/bar or in the UK Wspoons.
Swapping batteries fitted into "cartridges" takes seconds.
it also makes an excellent campsite torch.
I wish I'd discovered it years ago. I have a far too large collection of front lights bought on a whim/oo that looks nice/offers a tiny incremental advantage over something I already had.
YACF has a massive thread on the merits of this light.
Loads of decent be-seen back lights of course.
I personally would standardise on lights using AAs. Makes carrying spares/swapping batteries far simpler.
Racing roadkill
Guru
20 quid from Halfords. I had complaints from NASA that the guys on the ISS were having trouble sleeping because of the light these bad boys were kicking out. They are rechargeable ( from a USB / iPhone charger) and have high, low, and flashing modes. They are as bright as the 40 quid Lezeyne numbers that got nicked off my bike last week.
