Road Bike Front and Rear lights

[starseven]

Blacks 3WMaglite takes AA and is reduced to £30, like a dinotte only a third the price and no wires.

 

[starseven]

Its reduced in the local Blacks I would imagine these things are not done at store level, so other Black will have it reduced too.

I have a box of old reflector brackets that can easily be cobbled into a bracket often LBS will sell you some they have lying around for pennies. Most people Im sure can fasten a torch to a bike in some way or other. These are pretty compact about the size of a wipeboard marker.

 

[HJ]

but people can see you. Not so good down a dark un-lit path as they are more a 'be seen' rather than a 'see' light set up. Plus they're small enough to whip off and stick in your pockets if you need to.

Are you sure?[/QUOTE]

If you bother to check I think you will find that using LEDs on flash mode has been legal for about two years now[/B]

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Cheers HJ for putting me right, no need to try n put lights on constant anymore when I see a cop car.

 

[domd1979]

I guess you'd end up with a similar set up to this:

http://www.led-torches.co.uk/produc...-Torch.html/XTCsid/b11msdqpdb889hqfiobketcpg1

LED Lenser do a rear light as well, but its disappeared off the led-torches website for some reason.

Whilst the Dinotte lights do look pretty groovy, they are hell of a lot of money for what they are (as are similar lights) - the mark up on them must be immense!

Its reduced in the local Blacks I would imagine these things are not done at store level, so other Black will have it reduced too.

I have a box of old reflector brackets that can easily be cobbled into a bracket often LBS will sell you some they have lying around for pennies. Most people Im sure can fasten a torch to a bike in some way or other. These are pretty compact about the size of a wipeboard marker.

 

[Chuffy]

The Smart 1/2W Superflash is easily the best rear light I've ever seen. Costs about £12. The only light that beats it is the Dinotte 3w rear but that's over £100 and possibly too bright if you angle it badly.

The best tip I could give is to mount your lights as high as you can and as wide as you can. On the last night ride I did I had a head torch with a small 5LED rear light clipped to the strap. I also had a Cateye 7LED on the seat post but mounted at 45 degrees to the centre line of the bike. This meant that any traffic approaching from the right rear had a better chance of seeing me as there was a bloody great light flashing right at them!

 

[HJ]

... the Dinotte 3w rear but that's over £100 and possibly too bright if you angle it badly.

The Dinotte 3w rear is designed so that it is angled down because it is so bright...

 

[squeaker]

Light (weight) design?

too[/I'] bright if you angle it badly.

The Dinotte 3w rear is designed so that it is angled down because it is so bright...[/quote]Which leads neatly into the 'why are most cycle front lamps designed (?) with a circular beam' question. Is it:

• A: they can't be arsed to do it properly
• B: they don't need to 'cos folk buy the things whatever
• C: few have used a decent (German?) light and know what they are missing

Illuminating trees may be fine off-road, but is not a sensible on-road strategy, IMHO![/I]

 

[Shaun]

I use one of these for the rear, with a smaller LED flasher as a backup:

http://www.cateye.com/en/product_detail/280

Very bright, and batteries last well too!!

 

[Elmer Fudd]

[QUOTE46003][quote name="] takes AA and is reduced to £30, like a dinotte only a third the price and no wires.[/quote]

What do people think of this for a cheap, 3w led rear light?-

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=107

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=156

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=134[/QUOTE]

I don't know about the red disc but I am adapting an old front light bracket to take my maglite torch, swear by them, best torches I've ever used. ( I have a stretch of footpath that the council obviously ran out of cables on as there is no lighting).[/URL]

 

[bonj2]

What do people think of this for a cheap, 3w led rear light?-

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=107

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=156

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=134

CHEAP! a combined price of nearly FORTY quid for a REAR light, and you call it CHEAP?!
Tell me just ONE way that is going to be ANY better, even as good, as say, this, for less than a fiver.
Christ man if you've got money to burn please give it to me I could make much better use of it!

 

[Aperitif]

Oi! I only asked for helpful recommendations for lights.

There are some great ideas for everyone thinking about investing - at every price bracket...thanks for all the answers people - it has been a real help.

 

[Twenty Inch]

this[/url], for less than a fiver.
Christ man if you've got money to burn please give it to me I could make much better use of it!

Because those little flashers break, stop working, get nicked, and can't be used for anything else.

The last three "cheap" smarts that I have used have lasted exactly until the first battery change before malfunctioning or simply giving up altogether.

 

[ufkacbln]

Bonj,

the photo shows the whole kit, in practice you use only the light, and the small black battery pack. more compact on the bars than a complete beattery enclosed unit.

so... what's the rest of it for then? Presumably you're paying for the 'whole kit'?
And you still have wires to fiddle with, no?[/QUOTE]

An old tradition with rechargeable lights is to charge them. Hence the package contains......................................



A charger, a plug and a connection to connect this to the battery.

 

[col]

[QUOTE46003][quote name="] takes AA and is reduced to £30, like a dinotte only a third the price and no wires.[/quote]

What do people think of this for a cheap, 3w led rear light?-

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=107

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=156

http://www.maglite-torches.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=134[/QUOTE]



I have one of these,and with the seperate kit i got with it,it has a head strap to slip the torch in to a little holster to hold it and use as a head torch.the battery life is about five hours,but i havnt tried it on the bike yet,i will now,it didnt cross my mind till i read your thread.[/URL]