Lights

[66 triumph daytona]

Ive decided I want to try a bit of trail riding at night and hinted to Mrs 66 TD that I want a decent light for Christmas.Im looking at this one,looks good,what are you guys using?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/e ... -prod70830

 

[greencat]

Cheap and cheerful Chinese jobbies. Torchythebatteryboy on eBay has a decent set for around £20 if you just want to give it a go.

 

[JamesM]

Re:

750 lumens isn't alot for £211, you could buy a Hope R4+ with 2000 lumens for less than that. The Hope is really nicely made too, CNC machined housing and clamp with a bayonet fitting etc. The R2 is 1500 lumens and cheaper.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 3000000000


£30 gets you 700 lumens here:

http://www.highonbikes.com/products-of- ... Gwoda4UByA

 

[66 triumph daytona]

£30!Good man James,Im on it....

 

[legrandefromage]

These have great headlights but poo battery case - one of mine is still in Wendover Woods somewhere.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1800-Lumen-CR ... xy69JTGkxI

They need a fettle as highlandsflyer says. The lowest setting is enough to 'see' by without being to bright for oncoming traffic. They last a good few hours.

This version is a bit naff but has a better battery solution

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-5000-Lume ... Sw1vlUxj-g

I want to get one of these just for the shear hell of it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-10000-Lum ... Swo0JWHyqy

 

[The History Man]

just offered on the first one.......

 

[greencat]

Bear in the mind the waterproofing of the battery packs is absolutely awful. The lights are fine though so perhaps pop the battery in a pocket/backpack/breadbag. They also stay fairly dry when slung under the top tube at the seat post end. From experience, under the saddle invites certain death after a few months.

 

[The History Man]

Bear in the mind the waterproofing of the battery packs is absolutely awful. The lights are fine though so perhaps pop the battery in a pocket/backpack/breadbag. They also stay fairly dry when slung under the top tube at the seat post end. From experience, under the saddle invites certain death after a few months.

I picked up a couple of these waterproof bags a while back so should be perfect?

I have a spare one.

 

[greencat]

I reckon so, THM.

 

[xerxes]

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Have a look at: http://www.torchythebatteryboy.com/p/bi ... abase.html

There's some useful beam shots that give some idea of what x number of lumens actually looks like. Beam shape is also important, I have a Cateye Nano Shot Plus, which is an all-in-one unit with about 650 lumens on maximum, but a fairly narrow beam, which makes it good on the road and it can be quickly removed.

I also have a ~900 lumen light with a separate battery pack, but it's very "floody", which isn't very good on road, unless you angle it down a lot, it's too dazzling for oncoming traffic, you can't remove it quickly if you want to pop into a shop either.