Originally Posted by
chipcom
Having separate lights for each bike sounds kind of expensive to me, relative to having one or two lights that I can mount on any of my six bikes...like I already do.
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I have six bikes of my own and my partner has 2. That is 8 bikes to have lights for which will be very expensive. Good thing is that I only use two bikes 80 percent of the time while the other 4 bikes of mine are weekender recreation bike.
I do have a helmet flashlight at 800+ lumen. The only bike that has a light that stay on permanantly is my main commuter and it has a MS. All other bike has a Two Fish Loc Block and they share another 800+ lumen flashlight which is as bright as the MS. This set up allow me to buy only three lights that can cover 6 bikes which all have the capacity of providing at least 1200 lumens of light (actual lumen, or 1700 manufactor rated lumen).
Cost? Helmet light was $70, Handlebar flashlight $70, MS 900 $90, 6 Two fish lock block about $35. Total of $265 for having 6 bikes @ $41 per bike with 1200+ lumen is consider cheap IMHO.