Lighting

Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike.
I ride at dusk, so I really don't want light to light up the road, but more
of a strobe light, that others can see me coming.
One for the rear, and one for the front.

Which are the best ?
The brightest ?
And don't need to change the battery every day .

Thanks for any advice on this.
Cheers

•In article <3ffbdfbb@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Tom wrote:

> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike.
> I ride at dusk, so I really don't want light to light up the road, but more
> of a strobe light, that others can see me coming.
> One for the rear, and one for the front.
>
> Which are the best ?
> The brightest ?
> And don't need to change the battery every day .
>
> Thanks for any advice on this.
> Cheers

I've always liked the Cat eye lights, I used to use a Cat
Eye opticube up front and a generic red LED flashed at the back.

The opticube was definitely bright enough to allow other to see
me and I would get about 2-3 months out of a set of four AA
batteries, riding about 30-45 minutes with lights on 4 times a week.

When looking at lights make sure they have good sideways
range of visibility, so cars / other cyclist can see you on
crossroads I've nearly had a couple of nasty collisions with
people riding at night with el-cheapo greenish white LED lights
that you can not see unless there facing directly towards you.

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"Tom" <tommi23@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike.
> I ride at dusk, so I really don't want light to light up the road, but
more
> of a strobe light, that others can see me coming.
> One for the rear, and one for the front.
>
> Which are the best ?
> The brightest ?
> And don't need to change the battery every day .
>
> Thanks for any advice on this.
> Cheers
>

For a rear light, I use a Trek Disco Inferno - it is bloody bright and
(optionally) sheds a whole load of light out of the sides. Its more
expensive but brighter than Cateye products I'd used in the past. I use
rechargeable AAs in it & I only recharged them twice over the winter
(probably 3 hrs a week for 4 months). I think I read somewhere that flashing
LEDs and NiMh batteries are not a good combination, but I had not problems.

After a few years with LED front lights and more than a few people pulling
out on me, I gave up and now use a Nightlightning halogen front light, which
is really bright. I'm not convinced that enough motorists have the spare
brain capacity to figure out that strobe lights aren't a figment of their
windscreen. Now I look like a motor bike as I approach vehicles and they
don't pull out on me, although I do scare the **** out of peds when using
shared pathways. This is again rechargeable technology - although in this
case I have to charge them about once/week (usage about 4hrs).

Andy

Hokey Spokes would be ideal. They are suitable at dusk, strobe using a
number of different computer generated images or text, and they also provide
important side visibility, which is mostly unavailable in today's standard
bicycle lights.

For more details, see www.salient.com.au/led.htm


"Tom" <tommi23@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3ffbdfbb@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike.
> I ride at dusk, so I really don't want light to light up the road, but
more
> of a strobe light, that others can see me coming.
> One for the rear, and one for the front.
>
> Which are the best ?
> The brightest ?
> And don't need to change the battery every day .
>
> Thanks for any advice on this.
> Cheers
>
>

•In article <taoLb.1916$Wa.999@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, bemw wrote:

> Hokey Spokes would be ideal. They are suitable at dusk, strobe using
> a number of different computer generated images or text, and they
> also provide important side visibility, which is mostly unavailable
> in today's standard bicycle lights.
>
> For more details, see www.salient.com.au/led.htm

Wow gimmicky!!!

\me wants

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> Hokey Spokes would be ideal. They are suitable at dusk, strobe using a
>
> For more details, see www.salient.com.au/led.htm


What's the deal with Legality on these ones ... i.e. would the police have
an issue with these? We've just had a discussion about this at work, and it
led onto the LEDs and Neon stuff that people put on their cars.

I'd get some, provided the Mr Plod would not write me a ticket.

And here's a question - can a bicycle be "defected" ?

Cheers
Callan

Tom wrote:
> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike. I ride at dusk,
> so I really don't want light to light up the road, but more of a
> strobe light, that others can see me coming. One for the rear, and one
> for the front.
> Which are the best ? The brightest ? And don't need to change the
> battery every day .
> Thanks for any advice on this. Cheers


I'd agree with a previous post about strobe lights on the front. Even o
a bike track I find strobe lights on the front difficult to discern.
bright halogen light which throws a bit of light on the road is better
Other cyclists and motorists are more attune to these

I use a Trek brand rear light and a Cateye halogen front light. Th
front light doesn't really offer a great deal of road lighting. I bough
a caverneers light which I can wear on my head unf\der the helmet fo
night riding. This is as bright as a car light and is good for use a
speed. Plus it points where you are looking not where the handle bar i
pointing. You can look directly into face of an oncoming driver or int
their mirror, so they know you are there. Much safer


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Tom wrote:
> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike. I ride at dusk,
> so I really don't want light to light up the road, but more of a
> strobe light, that others can see me coming. One for the rear, and one
> for the front.
> Which are the best ? The brightest ? And don't need to change the
> battery every day .
> Thanks for any advice on this. Cheers

Then, how about winter when it gets dark real early?




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Order a Cateye Stadium 3 frontlight system from a USA online bike store. I
used BIKEMAN.com
The light really does run for 3 hours+ and charges in less than 3 hours. It
as bright as most car/motorbike front lights.

The exchange rate is even more in your favour at 77 than when I purchased at
67.
Try to get one for no more than US$369.95 and try to get it shipped via US
postal airmail which cost me US$40.00

"Tom" <tommi23@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3ffbdfbb@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Can anyone recommend some good lighting for my bike.
> I ride at dusk, so I really don't want light to light up the road, but
more
> of a strobe light, that others can see me coming.
> One for the rear, and one for the front.
>
> Which are the best ?
> The brightest ?
> And don't need to change the battery every day .
>
> Thanks for any advice on this.
> Cheers
>