Lights for Night Riding
11-09-07, 01:39 AM
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$99 USD for the 200L headlight sans helmet mount, 4xAA batteries, and battery charger.
$100 USD for the 140L tail light that comes with the new mount and sans 4xAA batteries and battery charger.
It came to about $115 CDN for the tail light shipped to my place in Canada then the bend over and get ***** for $21.30 for customs/duty/taxes.
It was a killer deal for anyone that owned a battery charger already and if you did not you can always get a cheap charger locally. If I had the extra $99 I'd get the front head light but for me the tail light was more important as I can't always ride with my head looking backwards
and wanted a serious tail light for my safety. Perhaps in the future I may get the headlight but right now I have a DIY for the headlight and also with oncoming traffic I can see it and also avoid as well in conjunction with my front lighting blinkies.
11-09-07, 04:06 PM
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I picked up a CygoLite 200 from REI a few weeks ago for $114. A closeout, I'd guess. I have it on my roadie and, so far, I'm pretty happy with it. So happy in fact, that I just ordered a DiNotte 200L-AA-S for my hybrid. Just wanted to try something different and the DiNotte seems to be be pretty well-regarded
11-10-07, 05:44 PM
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Agreed. See my video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn3OWG6YK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn3OWG6YK0
Good news is I can sell it to my coworkers (shop) and grab that HID.
11-12-07, 03:49 PM
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I am amazed no one has yet mentioned Dinotte lighting for any bike lighting needs. I've been very happily running their 200 lumen headlight for almost a year--I use it 3 days a week from Sep to April, twice each day, and it works very well. I literally just finished mounting a new Dinotte taillight on my Trek Pilot 5.2, and that's a huge improvement over any taillight I have ever seen. Check out:
https://www.dinottelighting.com/index.html
There just aren't better lights anywhere near the $$$'s spent, from what I've seen.
https://www.dinottelighting.com/index.html
There just aren't better lights anywhere near the $$$'s spent, from what I've seen.
