Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
I saw those on E-Bay, interesting. Why did you select green and orange? Supposedly you can only use amber for side lighting in America, it's the same law that applies to cars as it does to bicycles, but I don't think cops will care. I like the idea of it, and their a lot lighter then the ones that go on valve stems, just not sure how practical they are yet.
Instead of tape why not use very small zip ties and tie them on and cut off the excess?
Will they fit on bladed spokes?
Let us know what you think of the quality of the light, I bought a pair of button battery powered bar end lights and they were junky to say the least.
Anyway, let us know how bright they are at night, a video would be great but I/we understand if you can't do that.
Side and wheel lighting are one of those evolving issues that are going to change laws simply because the social acceptance of the devices are starting to become more common place. So far I've only seen a hand full of cyclist using wheel lights but I've seen many motorcyclist using colored side lighting. Green and blue being the most popular.
In retrospect this reminds me when decades ago it was considered unlawful if someone tried to watch a T.V. from the front seat of a car ( when portable T.V.'s first began to be marketed ). Now the whole "driver distraction" mentality is changed. Basically it was just one of those laws that no one wanted to bother to enforce. Now people have CD/DVD players on their dash, I-pads, smartphone's, tablets, laptops..etc. Somehow, someone figured it was impossible to stop technology once they "let the cat out of the bag"
. This is why cell phone laws for cars are completely stupid and make no sense. I see people everyday talking on their phones while driving, playing with tablets, smartphones, GPS's etc. This and I live in a state with ( supposedly ) strict cell phone laws. The kicker is, I routinely see the local Co. police talking on cell phones while driving ( sans blue tooth devices ). I guess they figured out the same thing I did; blue tooth headsets are a PITA and no one ( but anal lawmakers ) gives a hoot anyway.
I've been using the multi-colored rimfires for a good while now. I've seen police on a number of occasions. They do what everyone else does, namely "just gawk"as I ride by. Wheel lights for bikes and motorcycles "should be legal" because they really attract attention which of course increases rider safety.
If someone were anal enough to haul me into court for using colored wheel lights I don't think I could stop myself from laughing. If I was told I couldn't use them I would just go out and use the Monkeylectrics. Since they display a video I would argue that they are no different than those mobile Video advertising trucks I see driving around. ( shades of
Blade Runner ..
) Shouldn't be too long before almost everyone riding at night starts using wheel lights. ( not that a lot of people are riding at night anyway ) Still, people are
well, copy cats for the most part. "Monkey see, monkey do". I'll not worry about the green/orange wheel lights unless I start getting warnings.
In the mean time almost every bike store I go into sells cheap wheel lights. Might take a couple years to get more popular but the more people use them the more people will want them.