Road Cycling - Check out these bar-end lights

I love gadgets. Here is a cool one I just found at Nashbar (see http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=&subcategory=&brand=&sku=7629&storetype=&estoreid= )

These are LED lights that plug into your bar ends. You push them for On/Off/Constant/Blinking.

Price: $20.00 I wouldn't mind some of these in my stocking.

Here is another pic:

http://www.nashbar.com/productimages/medium/NS-BEL.2.gif

They look cool, but the first thing that comes to mind is, if they are blinking and a driver sees only 1 which is likely, are they going to assume you are turning?

They look cool, but I have a wide enough ass that the motorist probably wouldn't see either of them!

The "hoods" should be on top to shield the rider's eyes, shouldn't they? Those do look fun :)

I actualy bought these a couple months ago, I can say when I am pedaling, I can see the light hit my leg half of my stroke on the pedal maybe a bit less. I lost the plugs on my bar's so figured this would be a good addition. THe blink or can be solid, use two watch style batteries and are fairly bright, , I would not use them as my only blinkie, but as a addition I think they work fairly well.

I have mine positioned with the hood at the top, and you can look down and there is a small hole (not really whole but spot where there is clear plastic), so can easily monitor that the lights are turned on.

Oh, yeah, da Rainman may have to get a pair of these!

they weigh too much :P

seems like a good idea, but maybe a solid light would be a bit better since someone might think you are turning or something. :rolleyes:

Bar-end lights probably don't work very well, taking into account where it is placed. Why not a bar-end mirror? I think the mirrors would do some good there, you just have to see if there is something behind you right? The small mirrors should do fine.