rear light recommendations please

Bryan said:

The Cateye LD600 seems to be the brightest around (and bright is waht I want) but people seem to
complain about the fitting bracket and also the restricted visibility (if you're not looking 'at
it', you don't see it). So is it any good, or are there any other recommendations?

Some people have recemmended mounting the LD600 vertically as this gives a wider horizontal beam.

My personal setup is Cateye TL-AU100BS static on my luggage rack, a 2nd Cateye TL-AU100BS static
mounted as low as possible on my seat post, and a Cateye LD600 flashing mounted as high as possible
(bracket turned upside down) on the seat post.

This is coupled with a Cateye HL-LD 260 flashing LED mounted upside down at the extreme right end of
my drop handle bar, and a pair of Cateye HL-RC230 (Lead acid batterry) on the handlebars.

I also carry a Cateye HL-EL 200 in my bag as a backup.

(I like redundancy in my lighting)

Love and lumens from Rich x

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Bryan said:

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The Cateye LD600 seems to be the brightest around (and bright is

waht I

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want) but people seem to complain about the fitting bracket and also the restricted visibility
(if you're not looking 'at it', you don't see it). So is it any good, or are there any other
recommendations?

I've got two of these on the bike and (when I use it) two on the trailer. Not only does this make
me somewhat conspicuous (and illegal as I have them all set to various flash modes) but it also
gives a high degree of multiple redundancy.

I use triple LD600s after seeing how visible another local cyclist

was with that setup. Its the brightest rear setup I,ve seen. I have one vertical on the seatpost and
two mounted on my rack. Iain C

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I use triple LD600s after seeing how visible another local cyclist

was with that setup. Its the brightest rear setup I,ve seen. I have one vertical on the seatpost
and two mounted on my rack.

[censored]! So you cannot complain when a motorist has his rear fogs blazing away then!!

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BChris Gerhard said:

Do you know for sure that a bike bag or pannier is not part of the bike in this respect?

Hmmmm. It is not fixed to the bike, so technically it doesn't infringe the regs, or so I am told
because IANAL. This advice has been repeated by the CTC, IIRC, which would suggest that they have
checked it out.
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afaik it has never been tested in court

best wishes
james

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Ok, I've looked around and now want to ask people what they think. Front lights aren't a problem
for me, as I rarely, if ever cycle off road and/or on unlight roads at night (I do have one and I
am happy with it). However my daily comute takes in some quite busy roads where I am constantly
being overtaken. Despite having reflective strips strategically placed and a rear led light bought
some years ago, I think I need another light just to make sure that the cagers don't hit me.

Halfords LED one is very bright - and cheap. Uses batteries quickly but I have some Ni-Cads and just
have to remember to change them.

John

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Ok, I've looked around and now want to ask people what they think. Front lights aren't a problem
for me, as I rarely, if ever cycle off road and/or on unlight roads at night (I do have one and
I am happy with it). However my daily comute takes in some quite busy roads where I am
constantly being overtaken. Despite having reflective strips strategically placed and a rear led
light bought some years ago, I think I need another light just to make sure that the cagers
don't hit me.

Halfords LED one is very bright - and cheap. Uses batteries quickly but I have some Ni-Cads and
just have to remember to change them.

John

With a recumbent you do not need a back light, you travel so fast that your rear tyre glows red.

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Richard Bates said:

My personal setup is Cateye TL-AU100BS static on my luggage rack, a 2nd Cateye TL-AU100BS static
mounted as low as possible on my seat post, and a Cateye LD600 flashing mounted as high as possible
(bracket turned upside down) on the seat post.

This is coupled with a Cateye HL-LD 260 flashing LED mounted upside down at the extreme right end
of my drop handle bar, and a pair of Cateye HL-RC230 (Lead acid batterry) on the handlebars.

I also carry a Cateye HL-EL 200 in my bag as a backup.

All this reminded me of my Xmas tree blinking lights project -- I wonder why 😉 I thought about
getting the silliest possible Xmas lights, wrapping them all around me and riding around like
that. Problems:

a. it's surprisingly difficult to find silly, old style xmas tree lights these days. They are all
sophisticated dimmer or optical fibre jobs. Anyway, I'm confident Poundstretcher won't
disappoint me.

b. the power supply -- normally these are 240V setups. Any ideas how I can operate these on a
battery? Ideally of course I would find a battery version.

c. I must find an interesting answer to SMIDSU. I suppose the obvious 'but I'm lit up like a Xmas
tree' will do for a start, but any ideas are welcome.

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Ian said:

With a recumbent you do not need a back light, you travel so fast that your rear tyre glows red.

Actually you put a white light at both ends and red shift does the rest.

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b. the power supply -- normally these are 240V setups. Any ideas how I can operate these on a
battery? Ideally of course I would find a battery version.

1) I've seen battery powered LED strings advertised.

2) Sets designed for outdoor use generally work on 12V. Leave the transformer bit that plugs into
the mains (and usually says "this bit here must be indoors, only the lights are for outdoors"😉 at
home and make up a battery connector for the lights instead.

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b. the power supply -- normally these are 240V setups. Any ideas how I can operate these on a
battery? Ideally of course I would find a battery version.

1) I've seen battery powered LED strings advertised.

that would be excellent in terms of battery life actually. Thanks, I'll have a look around.

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2) Sets designed for outdoor use generally work on 12V. Leave the transformer bit that plugs into
the mains (and usually says "this bit here must be indoors, only the lights are for outdoors"😉
at home and make up a battery connector for the lights instead.

I had assumed the circuit responsible for the blinking was integrated with the transformer. I'll
take a closer look.

Thanks.

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chopping wood / carrying water Zen Proverb