Lidl probably still have some of their sets on sale if you can find any in stock locally. I think the rear was still on a holy-rubber-band-and-peg type mount, which isn't difficult to switch between.What else is good and bright and preferably available in the UK? Seatpost mount, must be easy to switch between bikes immediately.
Which makes the insufficiency to satisfy the UK Road Vehicle Lighting Regs all the worse. Not that anyone will care for the forseeable, but it makes light-buying into a lottery.Exposure Tracer. [...] lovingly handcrafted in the UK.
I have a saddlebag. My lights are mounted on the seat stay or rear of the rack (depending on bike - on one, it's hooked through cable ties that's loosely around the rear reflector). I don't like them on the seatpost because it's too easy for a longer-than-usual coat or bag to hide them, plus it's too high and too far forwards from the back of the bike.do you guys (and gals) have a saddle bag, and if so doesn't it mask the light to a small extent?
I gave up with battery lights and installed a dynamo system instead on my commuter, and use cheapo cateye stuff for the rare occasion I ride my road bike after dark.
Call me cynical, but stuff isn't built to last these days, the manufacturers want it to fail within a year or two, so you come back for the next model, and that you will as you likely sunk money into their proprietary mounts, charging docks, etc etc.
I have an Aldi set of rechargeable lights which have been excellent, they were £10 in Aldi but there are identical looking Ascher ones on Amazon for a little bit more.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascher-Rechargeable-LED-Bike-Lights/dp/B01EJ6LKPY
The front light casts an acceptable beam to see on unlit roads, the only better ones I have had have been with external battery packs.
Only take a second to clip and unclip and they have a thick rubber band, which was always the weak point on my Knog lights.
So in what way is the Tracer " insufficient " to satisfy the regulations? Or do you just mean it hasn't been certified to comply to an standard that is obscure, old and not readily available?Lidl probably still have some of their sets on sale if you can find any in stock locally. I think the rear was still on a holy-rubber-band-and-peg type mount, which isn't difficult to switch between.
Which makes the insufficiency to satisfy the UK Road Vehicle Lighting Regs all the worse. Not that anyone will care for the forseeable, but it makes light-buying into a lottery.
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So obscure and unavailable it's sold online, and as for old, has the nature of light changed since 2003? Or it could meet an equivalent standard such as the German one, or they could disable steady mode and only need to meet the weaker "two Ronnies" requirements of the 2005 amendment. But yes, that's what it means and it doesn't seem anyone cares much for now, but it's part of why there are so many what-lights threads IMO.So in what way is the Tracer " insufficient " to satisfy the regulations? Or do you just mean it hasn't been certified to comply to an standard that is obscure, old and not readily available?