Here's mine!

wow, those are great looking bikes... but is the metroplex big enough for two of them?????

Quote from Phantom Rider on Dec 19^th, 2014, 10:02am:

Oh, the Metromess is plenty big enough for everyone to have an Encore if they want!  It is a sweet ride...

Taking advantage of a 25% off sale at Plano combined with a gift certificate, Terrie got me some new shooz for Xmas....  Replacing the 5-yr old ones with no heels remaining.   Shhh, I'm not supposed to know about them....    
 

Dinotte Quad Red rear light
 
I had had a 400R rear light from Dinotte for a few years, and the thing was bullet proof.  Loved it.  Well, time to get new batteries, only they stopped making the variety that fit my needs, the 2-cell units.  They continue, for the time being, to make the 4-cell batteries.  Neither do I like those, nor do I think they are long for this world, so I accepted their offer of trading in the 400R for their recommended Quad Red.  They say this one and their new 400Rs are 20% brighter than my present one..."Promise," they said.  Well, side by side, it is bright, but didn't seem to put out the same lumens as my "old school" 400R. "...because of the dispersion of the light."  One thing they say which I do see, however, is that the entire lighting industry is going to self-contained modules, battery and light engine in one package.  The IQ Premium headlights are also self-contained.  By the way, I feel I must run two of them to get what I was used to in the Big Bangs.  Funny.  
 
Not having to fiddle with the separate battery is a plus, it recharges with a simple USB cord, and it looks cleaner all by itself.  This light is still much better than the Planet Bike blinkie that was the major competition when the 400R first came out.      

Quote from Monkeywrangler22 on Jan 26^th, 2015, 11:36am:

 
Vicky, the Quad's battery can be replaced, but you have to send it to the factory to get same done. Replacement cost is not listed.  
 
Quote from Dinotte site:
 
"The Quad RED uses a military battery and we intentionally only use the middle range of the battery's capacity (ie never fully charging, and limiting discharge)  As a result the batteries inside the Quad RED have tremendous reliability, longevity and when your battery does need replacement, the QUAD red can be sent in for battery replacement and the cost will be similar to one of our external batteries.  This is not a "disposable light" once the battery dies, though we do everything we can to maximize battery life."  

Quote from Monkeywrangler22 on Jan 27^th, 2015, 8:41am:

 
I like my retina-burning Dinotte 140R-AA tail light (People riding behind me don't like it, though. ). Cheap batteries will be available for it for the life of the LED.