Thank you!
Thank you!
Hi David,
Here’s a good place to start:
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more food for thought:
http://reviews.mtbr.com/category/lights-shootout
my plan is to have as much light as i can afford, then worry about things like weight, batteries, etc.
i have an old NiteRider TriNewt on my Yeti. it is 500 lumens and stupid bright, but it all together, it weighs almost 2 pounds, so it stays on the MTB.
for my daytime riding on my Soloist(S1) i got a couple of Lezyne Femto lights, front and rear specific(the mount on the rear is angled to match most seatposts)
and they appear to be bright enough that people seem to give me more room than without. if i was going to do any dusk or night-time riding i’d get one of the newer lights that’s over 500 lumens front and back, the more the better.
good luck and post pix showing how your new light(s) work(s)!
I just got a new Cygolite Expilion 700 that I love. Yes, the 700 is for 700 lumens. It’s super bright, has a daytime flashing mode as well as a steady-pulse mode for riding at night, where the light stays on most of the time and the “flashes” are when it briefly turns off. It’s not too heavy and is self contained.
Cygolite’s Hotshot rear light is also super bright and super light.
They’re not as pretty as Lezyne, but they offer a big bang for the buck.
He uses Dinotte Lighting from what I could tell researching. Here’s a thread that he commented on:
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Add to whatever headlight, a led safety vest.
Thank you!
Hi David,
Here’s a good place to start:
http://www.slowtwitch.com/...ts/Lights/index.html
Led lighting technology has changed dramatically over the past several years. New models haveominous coming out each year, every year, so I wouldn’t spend time looking at that st article for model suggestions. Case in point, the lupine piko is almost 2x as bright as it was two years ago. Google mtbr light shootout for solid reviews.
The best pair, IMO is:
FRONT - Lupine Piko 3 - http://gretnabikes.com/piko_3.asp
REAR - Dinotte 300R - http://www.dinottelighting.com/LED_bike_lights/300r-red-taillight-with-built-in-battery.htm
However, that’s a trickier rig to mount to your TT bike. It’s possible to mount both - I think on a helmet - which is what I do with a Dinotte 140A & 140R (no longer made, but you can get Dinotte to put the red and amber LEDs in an X1 body if you ask) for TT riding. BUT I’m thinking about trying to mount a Piko/300R on a helmet for TT bike riding. They mount easily on a road bike…
Dear lord $1200 for a light 
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Just wanted to say that bright flashing lights are ultra super important if you are ever riding towards or away from the rising or setting sun. Motorists simply can’t see, and a cyclist is very easy to miss.
The other day I passed a guy riding straight into the sun with a black jersey and no lights. I feel sorry for motorists who ever hit a cyclist in such circumstances.
Couldn’t be happier with my ST endorsed setup.
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=4180112;search_string=greatscott;#4180112
The best pair, IMO is:
FRONT - Lupine Piko 3 - http://gretnabikes.com/piko_3.asp
REAR - Dinotte 300R - http://www.dinottelighting.com/...built-in-battery.htm
However, that’s a trickier rig to mount to your TT bike. It’s possible to mount both - I think on a helmet - which is what I do with a Dinotte 140A & 140R (no longer made, but you can get Dinotte to put the red and amber LEDs in an X1 body if you ask) for TT riding. BUT I’m thinking about trying to mount a Piko/300R on a helmet for TT bike riding. They mount easily on a road bike…
Piko 3 is super easy to mount on a helmet, about 180 grams total weight and should be easy to mount on any aero bar with a 26 or 31.8 diameter bar. Also, the water bottle holder that Jordan used at IMH, might allow you to mount the piko on almost any aero bar, but Jordan could confirm, or you could make a PVC zip tie cross bar on an aero bar for a light mount. The dinotte 300r is an excellent light, but I don’t think you would want it mounted on your helmet with a piko, as the 300r weighs 143 grams + 180 gram piko = too much weight for my comfort. I own and just weighed both. The dinotte 300r is easy to mount on a road bike and offers a handful of other mounting options for seat stays, etc. but I am unable to mount it on a p3.
Serfas thunderbolt mounts perfectly on my p3 post. Also, The serfas usl-tl60 mounts nicely on the p3 post with a 2 inch length of pipe insulation to make my aero post rounder. Both of these lights are very bright and lightweight. The usl-tl60 is an amazingly bright light, perfect for helmet mounting, that weighs around 50 grams with its mount on my helmet. As a comparison, the portland design works danger zone weighs 55 grams without a mount. The usl-tl60 has a great form factor, being very thin with the rechargeable lithium ion battery, much thinner and much, much brighter (60 lumens) than the danger zone or any planet blinky! A combination of two thunderbolts on each seat stay and two usl tl60 one seapost and helmet would be nice options that would fit on any bike frame.
For night riding, Magicshine is the best bang for buck.
“For night riding, Magicshine is the best bang for buck.”
Yeah, people should qualify if they are looking for the best light and money is no factor, or if they are considering that you can get one of the dealextreme/magicshine type lights for a fraction of the cost ($44 vs $330) and has comparable performance.
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