Old 10-07-10, 08:41 AM
  #7  
Doohickie
You gonna eat that?
 
Doohickie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty
Posts: 14,715

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 164 Post(s)
Liked 67 Times in 44 Posts
I've been okay with PBSF blinkies so far. This is for my commuter bike so yeah, there is a rack. My budget is $100 for the lights (a little more isn't the end of the world). I may not be able to get the best lights ever, but compared to what I've been running, anything designed for the SON dyno should be a big improvement. I'm just trying to figure out the whether to spend it all on a headlight or to get a lesser headlight and get the tail light, too.

I see a lot of talk about balancing and wattages and stuff (Peter White talks about getting a 2.4 W headlight if you're getting a tail light, or using 3 W if no tail light). How big of a deal is it to match the wattages and such? Is this just a concern with halogens, or is it a concern with LEDs too?
__________________
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.


Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
Doohickie is offline