NYC XYZ wrote:
> The Wogster wrote:
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>>Gotta link as to where these are available?
>
>
> The cheapest online seems to be for $529 at
> http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?sku=19467.
Hmmm, US$529 add on $40 for customs, convert into beaver bucks, that's
$654 add on the Gouging and Screwing Tax that's $700 for a light, nearly
3 times what I spent on the bike (year end distributors clearance, I
gotta *really* good deal). I think that's a little pricey....
>>A regular cheap tail light, best is actually 2 lights, one blinking and
>>one steady.
>
>
> Now there's an idea! Hmm....
When I put lights on mine, I'll get a pair of $7 rear lights, and run
them that way, since I have an MTB with the seat way up there, there is
lots of seatpost space. Nice thing about running two rear lights, is
that if the batteries die on one, the other is still running...
>>I thought such tube lights were stupid on cars.. I guess they would be
>>popular to the same kinda guys though, but ones that haven't got the
>>cash for a car.....
>
>
> The car lights are pure vanity. On bikes, they actually have an excuse
> -- to be seen.
>
> I so believe that the "halo effect" on the ground helps convey,
> psychologically, a sense of "space" to the driver.
Can have the opposite effect, remember, you hit what your looking at, so
as your watching the light show, you run over the bike it's attached
to....
>
> And these?
>
> www.hokeyspokes.com
>
Well, they got the hokey part right. The real issue in both cases
though, is you buy a nice light high quality bike, adding 25lbs of
batteries isn't a big benefit.
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