hackbike 6
New Member
- Location
- The Mile End Road.
Well my lights are fine and do a great job but no use for off road at a guess.
Anyone used Blackburn Voyager 3.3 Lights?
- Thread starter angelinaaaaa
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
BentMikey is talking sense.
I use a Ring Cybalite 5W / 2.5W / 1.25W torch. 4 x C batteries gives 10 hours on the mid setting which is plenty powerful enough for the motorists to flash.
There are some other 2 and 3 Watt LED torches out there for less than twenty quid.
A website worth visiting is aukweb.net Audax UK's site where there are many links to lamp reveiws.
One of my bikes has a 1W LED torch I bought from the Poundshop. Yes, £1 ! 3 x AAAs gives seven hours of pretty good light. It is better ( really ) than the Cateye 1Watt jobbie, which costs £20.
The inclusive weight of this Chinese 'Teenie Weenie' torch with two jubilee clips to attach it, is 74g...yes 74 gramms. That's why its on my Spesh SWorks.
I use a Ring Cybalite 5W / 2.5W / 1.25W torch. 4 x C batteries gives 10 hours on the mid setting which is plenty powerful enough for the motorists to flash.
There are some other 2 and 3 Watt LED torches out there for less than twenty quid.
A website worth visiting is aukweb.net Audax UK's site where there are many links to lamp reveiws.
One of my bikes has a 1W LED torch I bought from the Poundshop. Yes, £1 ! 3 x AAAs gives seven hours of pretty good light. It is better ( really ) than the Cateye 1Watt jobbie, which costs £20.
The inclusive weight of this Chinese 'Teenie Weenie' torch with two jubilee clips to attach it, is 74g...yes 74 gramms. That's why its on my Spesh SWorks.
hackbike 6
New Member
- Location
- The Mile End Road.
I just say my lights seem to work fine although I have ordered a Fenix AA Model to trial it.May be useful for those traffic lights that detect the car headlights but not my lights early in the morning.
Tempted not to change a working combination though.
Tempted not to change a working combination though.
hackbike 6
New Member
- Location
- The Mile End Road.
Origamist
Legendary Member
BentMikey said:
Beam shots of two Tesco torches here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=209585
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Hackers, I didn't know that lights trigger traffic lights to change?
hackbike 6
New Member
- Location
- The Mile End Road.
Errrrrrrrrr well I noticed with these lights they don't "SEE" me ever now.
They used to have a circuit in the road so I had no probblem but it's only when cars come along early morning that they are triggered.
I reckon that FENIX I bought may do the trick as it's as bright as a car headlight but on 2 rechargeables it only stays like that for 2 hours.
They have a camera thing on the top (The traffic lights I mean).Can anyone confirm if they are triggered by car headlights?
Anyway I've been diverted away from them and via Maryland due to the fact that whoever are digging up the road near Stratford have put in a set of three way traffic lights with the motion detector thingy on.
They used to have a circuit in the road so I had no probblem but it's only when cars come along early morning that they are triggered.
I reckon that FENIX I bought may do the trick as it's as bright as a car headlight but on 2 rechargeables it only stays like that for 2 hours.
They have a camera thing on the top (The traffic lights I mean).Can anyone confirm if they are triggered by car headlights?
Anyway I've been diverted away from them and via Maryland due to the fact that whoever are digging up the road near Stratford have put in a set of three way traffic lights with the motion detector thingy on.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
I think that traffic lights that are triggered have two main methods here in the UK. One is an induction loop in the tarmac, these rarely seem to work for bikes. The other is radar, being the camera bit you've noticed. These mostly work for bikes in my experience.
hackbike 6
New Member
- Location
- The Mile End Road.
Nope they can't see my hi-viz 
Ironically they used to have a circuit in the road which used to work but the camera thingy thinks im the invisible cyclist.
Generally when a car comes along at 4 in the morning it triggers them.
I was thinking of writing to the powers that be about them and also the ones at Abbey Lane Stratford which have the same timer and catch me identically (for the last 5 years?) every morning while they go through there sequence for invisible pedestrians.
The lights on the other side of the road are dangerous for cyclists as they are at a high speed pinch point.
Ironically they used to have a circuit in the road which used to work but the camera thingy thinks im the invisible cyclist.
Generally when a car comes along at 4 in the morning it triggers them.
I was thinking of writing to the powers that be about them and also the ones at Abbey Lane Stratford which have the same timer and catch me identically (for the last 5 years?) every morning while they go through there sequence for invisible pedestrians.
The lights on the other side of the road are dangerous for cyclists as they are at a high speed pinch point.
