Bike mounted strobe
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Bike mounted strobe
Looking for a white light that is a strobe, rechargeable and somewhere along the lines of 5+ flashes per second. I will be replacing a Planet Bikes Blaze that is noisy as all hell and not very bright.
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From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: Bianchi San Remo - set up as a utility bike, Peter Mooney Road bike, Peter Mooney commute bike,Dahon Folder,Schwinn Paramount Tandem
I am very happy with my Dinotte lights - the white lights have a strobe mode, and they are bright. I had a planet bike blaze on one of my bikes - the generator powered version, and I liked it because it had the flashing mode, but it wasn't very bright, and it fell apart after a couple of years. Replaced it with a supernova E3 which is plenty bright, but doesn't flash.
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From: Rural Missouri - mostly central and southeastern
Bikes: 2003 LeMond -various other junk bikes
A "strobe" is a specific type of flashing light. Most lights do not have "strobe" circuitry.
strobe light A lamp that produces very short, intense flashes of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas. The ability of strobe lights to "freeze" the motion of rapidly moving objects by making them visible for only a fraction of a second makes them very useful in photography and in measuring vibration and other types of high-speed motion.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
strobe light A lamp that produces very short, intense flashes of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas. The ability of strobe lights to "freeze" the motion of rapidly moving objects by making them visible for only a fraction of a second makes them very useful in photography and in measuring vibration and other types of high-speed motion.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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From: Beverly Hills, MI
Bikes: '72 Fuji Finest, '80 Austro-Daimler Inter 10, '06 Fuji Team Issue, '06 Salsa Las Cruces, Nashbar Frame single speed
I have one of these: https://www.performancebike.com/bikes...29_-1___400158
#8
Yes, the thing is incredibly noisy due to a low cost build. I like the flash mode but I hate that is squeaks and rattles like that is its sole purpose. It is a piece of ****.
Well OK then. Care to suggest a not-strobe? Thanks for playing!
A "strobe" is a specific type of flashing light. Most lights do not have "strobe" circuitry.
strobe light A lamp that produces very short, intense flashes of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas. The ability of strobe lights to "freeze" the motion of rapidly moving objects by making them visible for only a fraction of a second makes them very useful in photography and in measuring vibration and other types of high-speed motion.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
strobe light A lamp that produces very short, intense flashes of light by means of an electric discharge in a gas. The ability of strobe lights to "freeze" the motion of rapidly moving objects by making them visible for only a fraction of a second makes them very useful in photography and in measuring vibration and other types of high-speed motion.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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White Zone 5? - https://www.niteflux.com/Products_WhiteZone5.aspx
i've got some RZ4s, and they're impressive. i should have my WZ5 by the weekend.
FWIW, the WZ5 will likely put my blaze 2W into retirement, and it will be supplemented with a "see" light.
i've got some RZ4s, and they're impressive. i should have my WZ5 by the weekend.
FWIW, the WZ5 will likely put my blaze 2W into retirement, and it will be supplemented with a "see" light.
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