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albion

Guru
Location
Gateshead
No 'freebie' thread. Plus hard to get cheaper than 'free', not even a TV license needed.
Useful, it being the binge watch season. And very much bike related, those old rail lines now being bike paths.
Rail lines and bikes have symmetry here in the north.
Near every episode being on one of my bike routes does make for some bias though.
 
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Tom B

Guru
Location
Lancashire
Tredz - Cateye AMPP 1100 Front Light

£46.99 you can save a fiver too if the dog signs up for the email newsletter and claims the £5 discount code for doing so.
Another 95p can be taken of with topgashback.

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https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Cateye-AMPP-1100-Lumens-USB-Rechargeable-Front-Light_218705.htm

Not that i would need one [and a new phone] after dropping both my phone and Cateye Volt 1200 into the sea.

Nope... Not me.
 
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N0bodyOfTheGoat

Über Member
Location
Hampshire, UK
cheers , just ordered one

Been pondering one, plus a Magicshine Seeme 300 rear light with clever downward extra red light that puts a red circle on the ground for others to see you more easily.

£35 on offer.
 

wiggydiggy

Legendary Member
Been pondering one, plus a Magicshine Seeme 300 rear light with clever downward extra red light that puts a red circle on the ground for others to see you more easily.

£35 on offer.

I've got one of those but haven't fitted it yet, it's vertical mount (like on a seat post) only so I need to bodge something on the rack to make it fit.
 

Ajax Bay

Guru
Location
East Devon

Magicshine Front Light - RN 1200 Lumens USB-C Rechargeable Bicycle Light​

I too bought one of these, so thank you for the tip. For £31! Still at that price. 161g
Arrived yesterday. Looks good (ridden to shops last night and explored a dark lane to check beam shape). Pub ride this evening (60km).
Pleased with beam shape: better than current set up (both on high). I also guess the lens throws a beam compliant with the StVZO standard (it's not just a plain lens). 'High' is bright bright for rural dark lanes, fast downhills, or on a MTB on tracks. Medium is fine the rest of the time and I have on Low for street-lit urban 'terrain' (or flashing for DLR). Clearly a good idea to point it slightly down at a spot on the road 20/30m and towards the verge/kerb.
Offers high medium and low settings (scroll through) at (nominal) 1200 600 300 lumens. Quoted battery life at those settings is 90 mins, 3 hours and 6:30. Testing so far suggests 2:15 on high and >5 hours on mediuum!
Edit to add: Now had it on 'Low' for 14 hours - still on green (so >20% battery energy remains).
Flashers will not be disappointed: there are two modes: 0-600 and 0-900: not tested in the wild yet, accessed/exited by double tap.
On receipt I charged it (was at 80% I expect). Recharging from zero after 'hi' test took under 3 hours from mains - through easy access but well protected USB-C port.
USB-C port is combo input/output so offers device charging option - ie as 'battery pack' (not tested but assume not with light in use). Alleged 4000mAh capacity (Have to doubt it: and same model different name on magicshine-de site suggests 1600mAh.)
Display shows green 100-21%, red 20-11%. Below that red flashing (maybe lasted 15 minutes) and light power drops to low, without the option.
Mounts on a 'garmin' 90 degree lock didgery with an impressively designed/neat bar fitting and different lengths straps to cope with 'aero' bars (max 140mm circumference (cf my 31.8mm bars which are 10*pi^2mm)) or 25mm dia bars. Or just fits on my garmin mount instead of.
Front end has a minimal 'hood' which avoided light spill into my view and also has little light bars visible from each side (eg for town turning visibility).

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albion

Guru
Location
Gateshead
Capacity, if 18650 is a Samsung 3600mah max. If there is room for a bigger cell then 4000 is easy to achieve at very low cost.
And that is assuming regular cylindrical, not pouch cells.
 
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Binky

Über Member
Just ordered some spare inner tubes and also a GP5000 28mm clincher from Merlin Cycles. Tyre was £42.99 which seems a bargain as everywhere else they are going for around £54?
 
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