rear lights
10-22-07, 05:20 PM
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this one's optimistic...
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rear lights
suggestions please.
i keep having to replace mine cause it breaks, pops off, or the bracket breaks.
price range- 15-25
i keep having to replace mine cause it breaks, pops off, or the bracket breaks.
price range- 15-25
10-22-07, 05:45 PM
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Planet Bike Superflash. I run one on each seatstay and they've held well despite some crap roads. Easily augmented with a zip tie.
Blackburn Mars 3.0. Not as dynamic, but still a damn good light.
Blackburn Mars 3.0. Not as dynamic, but still a damn good light.
10-22-07, 07:19 PM
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Blackburn something or other (it is about 3" in diameter, only it is triangle shaped). I got 3 of them, two mounted on bikes and one I can clip to a backpack.
10-22-07, 07:36 PM
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2+ on the Planet Bike Superflash (because I have 2 and will probably buy more). I have them horizontally mounted on the back of the racks on my bikes. The newer ones come with a "spacer" that will let you attach it to small tubing, like that of racks. For the older one, I just used an old tube wrapped around the rack tube to take up the space.
10-22-07, 08:10 PM
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Yes, another vote for the Superflash. It's crazy bright for the size. I do use other lights on other bikes, though -- the good old-fashioned Vistalite that's about nine feet wide still works very well.
10-23-07, 02:11 AM
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My minimum for riding home from work at night is 3 superflashes (one on solid mounted on the rack tab using the bracket available on their website for $5 shipped, 2 more in flash mode mounted on rack tubing with small bracket).
This video shows the 3 superflashes, plus my new Dinotte mounted on the left side of the rack on one of the vertical tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Psfth23Uk
I just found the Dinotte on my doorstep when I got home from work at 11:00pm tonight...I am happy nobody stole it. It felt like Christmas opening it and grabbing some batteries to throw in
. Obviously it's out of the given price range. I guess it's a bit out of my price range too, but $130 is alot cheaper than even a minor hospital visit would cost me.
Having said all that, if I only had $25 to spend on rear lights, I'd get a superflash, then start saving up for more lights
This video shows the 3 superflashes, plus my new Dinotte mounted on the left side of the rack on one of the vertical tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Psfth23Uk
I just found the Dinotte on my doorstep when I got home from work at 11:00pm tonight...I am happy nobody stole it. It felt like Christmas opening it and grabbing some batteries to throw in
. Obviously it's out of the given price range. I guess it's a bit out of my price range too, but $130 is alot cheaper than even a minor hospital visit would cost me.Having said all that, if I only had $25 to spend on rear lights, I'd get a superflash, then start saving up for more lights
10-23-07, 05:36 AM
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Yeah, definitely the Superflash. Second the rack mount too. PB is a good company, and it's cool that they spent the R&D money to develop a mount that they only sell for 5 bucks, and part of that money goes to bike advocacy. But---if you have the money to spend and a good place to mount it, the DiNotte is king.
10-23-07, 06:08 AM
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in my haste i picked up this...
please tell me im still loved
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Rear%20Lights
please tell me im still loved
https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Rear%20Lights
10-23-07, 10:37 AM
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I used to run one of those,they're decent. Just don't run it in 'cylon' mode. A couple friends do this,and at more than a block's distance,the light is so small it just looks like a single glowing spot.
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10-23-07, 11:04 AM
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Superflash for me. A riding buddy says I look like a city works vehicle from a distance.
