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Bike light
Sep 22nd, 2009, 10:51pm
 
Hi All,  
 
I've got a question concerning lights. In those ride pics of the St. Jo 125k ride, in pic no.12, there is a guy with a nice, bright, easily seen light on his bike. What kind of light is that?  
 
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Reply #1 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 6:36am
 
I know my lights are on in several pics, so it may be mine.  I use the ay-up lights.   There are brighter light out there, but these are small, light, and one battery lasts for 6 hours.
 
http://www.ayup-lights.com/
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Reply #2 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 7:32am
 
Boy, they sure are proud of those... Smiley
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Reply #3 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 9:14am
 
Quote from JimFPU on Sep 23rd, 2009, 7:32am:
Boy, they sure are proud of those... Smiley

 
Actually, there pricing isn't that bad for what you get.  This past weekend I rode with a guy who was using them, they have enough intensity in their focused beam to overpower my Moab (and that's a very pricey light, but it's a wider throw than the Ay-ups).
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Reply #4 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 9:52am
 
It's the battery that's pretty amazing.  6 hours for that weight and output makes it about the best as far as I can tell.  Dinotte and others make more powerful lights, but at the expense of weight and battery life.
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Reply #5 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 9:53am
 
Sorry, just not used to those kind of prices...but since I'm riding more in the early AM, I suppose I need to up the budget for something better than the 'position' lights I have...
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Reply #6 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 3:58pm
 
Yeah, a cheap cateye will do ok for being seen, but for "seeing" on a country road with no streetlights or anything means you need more candlepower.  And to do so for an "all-nighter" like some of us do several times a year means a lot of batteries.  
 
There are great cheap alternatives like the fenix lights that several use, but I have HORRIBLE night vision, so I need something a little stronger, unfortunately.
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Reply #7 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 4:08pm
 
Those Cateye lights etc fill a niche, and are better than nothing.  However as soon as you look at running all night, and with enough lumens to spot those killer armadillos you start up the $ slope rather quickly.   Your basic Dinotte at about $120 is rather hard to beat.  For the next level up the Ayups and better Dinottes are excellent lights.  I run a couple of Fenix flashlights that check in about $120 also but lack the mounting ease of a bike specific unit.  Also there are large amounts of discussion bandwidth dedicated to the subject of bike lighting on the Ol' Internet.
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 4:45pm
 
I use one of these. 200 lumens lights up the road incredibly well, they use 3 AA batteries (I use rechargeables), and the light is under 50 bucks. I haven't seen anything else even close to beating that.
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Reply #9 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 8:18pm
 
Flashlights as headlights... dealextreme.com has a bunch of SSC P7-C LED based flashlights that could work. You might want to comb through reviews to determine which ones are decent and which ones are not as good. I got the following early this year:
 
Flashlight:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16092
Batteries:
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Charger:
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Plastic bike mount:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15642
 
$36.45 + $8.18 + $7.92 + $2.55 = $55.10 + shipping for a one hour 700+ lumen headlight or about 5 hours at 200+ lumens per cell. I bought two of these sets with 4 cells each. Used one for the hc600 and we used both on trips. Did great once I put a little spacer in front of the battery to keep it from switching modes when I hit a big bump. There are two switches in the thing. The one at back is the power switch and there's one up front that is a mode switch. When you hit a bump just right it slams the battery cell up against the front mode switch hard enough to change modes. I cut about a 1/4" long piece of 1/2" CPVC tubing and mounted it in front of the battery cell around the front spring to essentially stiffen the front spring. This still allows the mode switch to work but you have to press it a little harder. The reflectors aren't really intended for road use so you need to be a little careful about beam spread wrt oncoming traffic. I plan on running two of them up front for the TTTT Fri night. See how they do there.
 
On the Bacchetta list recently someone mentioned the P7-based MajicShine but I don't know anything about it personally:
http://www.bacchettabikes.com/forum2/tm.asp?m=57918
http://cgi.ebay.com/MajicShine-LED-Bike-Light-900-lumen-P7-Li-ion_W0QQitemZ27045
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Reply #10 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 8:42pm
 
Being new to bents and the forum, I appreciate the good info. and quick responses.
 
 
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 9:08pm
 
I've used a TrailTech (www.trailtech.net) MR-11 setup that's an HID with a 5.5 hour battery, cost about $300, with handlebar and helmet mount clips...  lights things up nicely.  Only negative is that they don't make a thingy to attach the battery to a crossbar or frame piece, it's got a "clip" that mounts to a motocross chest protector.  So I've been using a velcro-wrap-closure bag from another light battery, that let's me strap it to the handlebar/riser.
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Reply #12 - Sep 23rd, 2009, 9:11pm
 
Go through this thread, from a year ago:
 
http://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1236373844/0
 
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