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Old 01-20-09 | 08:35 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG

Best bet is going to be building your own insides for vintage cases. I have several vintage lights, including a couple of NOS and they are no match for today's stuff. Biggest problem I have with my vintage lights is the reflectors are usually pretty rough, which doesn't do much for beam pattern. I have used the B&M Retro on one bike as a compromise, it looks vintage but gives me better light than any of my vintage lights. Spanninga makes one called the RetroLed, it is nice looking but is marginal when used as a stand alone light.

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