Sweet Light Idea
 

I stumbled upon this from another site, and found it was on BF, but under the lighting and gadget forum which I have never visited. Figured since it is geared towards road bikes, I'll plop it here, maybe more people will see it. Seems like a pretty cool idea.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...the-revolution

That looks pretty awesome! Probably gonna cost at least $100

They said the MSRP is $220, a pledge now will get you a set for $200. IMO it needs to come down to 100 and be "smoother" before I consider getting one, although it is definitely cool.

those are pretty darn nifty. I don't ride after dark at all though.

I agree about the smoothness. made my eyes bug out a bit, but whatever gets people to notice me so they dont run me over is cool with me. The price does seem a little steep considering I just got a flashing LED tail light and LED front light for $60....and those work good enough.

the smoothness is due to the frame rate and shutter speed of a video camera.. they said you dont see the flickering in person.. definately cool looking..

Guess I should read all of it next time.

That makes sense. I didn't read the whole description either. That is awesome if it is totally smooth. Still expensive, though...

Cute idea, but I'm missing the awesomeness. Except for clever effect, what does this do that can't be done better, more cheaply, with lighter weight, and less complexity using traditional lights? The front lights look like the provide excellent illumination immediately in front of and under the wheel, but not projected in front where it's needed. The inventor says the lights are better close to the road. Not true. Headlights provide better road illumination the higher they are mounted.

From what I read elsewhere....the theory is the lower to the road, the easier it is to see the different contours. This i read on another sight that sells little adapters so you can attach the regular headlights to your lower fork. How true this is, especially from the not so high height of the handle bars, i cant say.

http://www.paulcomp.com/ginolightmount.html

From 2008:

+1 The front does not seem like an adequate replacement for a real headlight. Rear and side visibility could be achieved more simply and cheaply with a superflash and a set of spoke lights.

Regarding mounting height, I've tried fork and bar mounted lights. I prefer bar mounted lights.

Nothing says you can't run both a bar-mounted light and these revolights! I wouldn't even consider these things for true foward/back illumination anyway; I would still rely on a blinky for at least the back, maybe a set of knogs on the front fork and a nice really bright flashlight or dedicated headlamp on my bars.

4 hr. runtime between charges and adds 200gm per wheel?

Naah. I'm sure the heapsters will eat 'em up, though.


I dare you not to see me with Dinottes front and rear.

You can't argue that you'd be more visible from the side at night, but just like everyone else has stated, it doesn't appear that they illuminate the road in front and behind you very much. I have a hard enough time not out-running my current handlebar mounted front light.

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Very similar to (a more polished-looking, IMO) Project Aura, except P.A. has no intention of providing navigational light for the rider (in lieu of a headlight). Instead, it's more to announce your presence to drivers and give an indication of when you're changing speed (like braking).

Apologies for the, uh, polarizing musical accompaniment.

id only rock it on a fixie

It would be fun to ride with those in a night time parade. But it seems like they pale in comparison to 200 dinotte lumens on the handlebar, 200 fenix lumens on the helmet and the dinotte 140r on flash in the rear.

I dunno... they may not be as bright, but I think that spinning friggin' wheels of light grab your attention more, if we're talk about their use in terms of making yourself visible.

All I actually did was look at a few seconds of the (end of the) video. I guess it depends on the lumen output. To me, it looked more like the type of lights you'd see a circus clown using.

I opened this posting thinking it was a weight weenie thread.

Shows you where my mind is...

Certainly says "yay, look at me". Practical?!?! I don't know.

I think as a tail light its great. For increasing your overall visibility to cars on the road at night in a fun way, its great. To replace your headlight, no.

probably needs a lot more refinement but i give the guy credit for thinking outside of the box. Does anyone use velocity Halo rims? they obviously don't light anything up but I would think they provide the same effect in terms of helping you be seen by cars