Best headlights ,, question .. not the expensive ones though
Thomas, Spring Point Light
headlights.. they have a few on sale.
I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,, something in the
$20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like the best.
Tom Sherman
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Clyde Henpecker
"Tom Sherman" <sunset...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
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That was really funny .. the light cost more than the bicycle.
I'm thinking more like a $15.00 AA battery light?
Papa Tom
watts. It cost me $120 back then. I've tried many of the $20-50 lights and
they've really amounted to no more than fancy reflectors. Perhaps others
have had more positive experiences -- or perhaps the lower- priced lights
have gotten better in ten years....
Chuck Anderson
> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>
>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking at
>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>
>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,, something in the
>> $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like the best.
>>
>>
I settled on the Cygo-Lite Night Rover with Water Bottle SLA battery
several years ago and have been very happy with it. (After crashing
while using a simple Cateye light because it did not help me see the
road, I bought this one.) My battery has just now worn out after five
years of use, but I have found a replacement online (searching SLA
6V3.2Ah batteries) for $18 (shipping included).
It cost more than you'd like ($75 - $80 - so not much more), but it is
well worth having the extra amount of light.
Why SLA battery? Because it can hold a charge for 3 months. If you don't
use it for a long while, then need it one night, the battery (unlike
NiMH's which trickle down in a week or two) will still have a charge.
Search Amazon - Cygo-Lite Night Rover Halogen Light NTRVR-WB Halogen Gel
Cel. There is a water bottle (WB) battery model and a frame mount
battery model.
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Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man.
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Bill
You get what you pay for. I have used the $20 - $50 range lights and
have moved to more expensive lights because they are much more reliable
and definitely brighter. Check DiNotte Lighting. Brightest tail light
ever....will blind anyone riding behind you!
Ron Wallenfang
wrote:
I use the Cat-eye Octicube, with 4 AA batteries. I've had no luck
with a variety of rechargeables over the years in a Wisconsin winter,
which is when I mostly need a light. A set of batteries in the
Octicube is long lasting (100 hours or so) and casts a blueish light
that is easy to see,
It's not good to see by. That's no problem for me around Milwaukee,
because I know the roads.
It was a considerable problem on my recent trip to Newfoundland. The
ferry got into Argentia at 9:30 p.m. on a Saturday night and I had to
bike 5 miles to Placentia, where I had a motel reservation - no street
lights most of the way, hilly, curvy and not a real smooth road. I
crawled along, twice asking if I was "on-route", but did eventually
get there.
Clyde Henpecker
"Ron Wallenfang" <rwall...@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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Thanks,, Ron,, I will look that light up..
Permormance has some good prices.
I am not really that interested in rechargeale lights. I just want to stick
to the
basic .. I am thinking,, maybe take two lights such as the Opticube and tie
together. Little velcro?
I hear ya on the NewFoundland ride. I once got off a ferry and when I went
about 200 feet it was so dark I could not see my handlebars.
I ended up stopping, going into the woods to my right, kinda putting my tent
together,, and sleeping on the ground for the night. Better than getting
run
down. When I awoke in the am,,, it was quite a site..
Jym Dyer
> no luck with a variety of rechargeables over the years in a
> Wisconsin winter, which is when I mostly need a light. A set
> of batteries in the Octicube is long lasting (100 hours or so)
> and casts a blueish light that is easy to see
=v= I have this, but the AA batteries I use are rechargeable.
I find it frustrating that after all these years nobody has
worked out a bike light with off-the-shelf rechargeables
(AA or C batteries) that you could just plug in. They either
have some proprietary battery or a bizarre proporietary plug
to thwart this.
=v= For seriously dark rides, Light & Motion makes a very
bright light with a large rechargeable batter that fits in
the bike's water bottle cage. Very durable and waterproof --
Light & Motion makes lights for underwater use, too.
<_Jym_>
ZBicyclist
> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking at
>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>
>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,,
>> something
>> in the $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like
>> the
>> best.
> See <http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp>.
Dangit, Sherman. You had me thinking that such a wonderful light
could be had for $50 or so. I was planning Christmas gifts. Then at
the bottom of the page I see that this light is almost $1000.
--
Mike Kruger
"What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the
attention
of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty
of
attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among
the
overabundance of information sources that might consume it." -
Herbert
A. Simon
Kristian M Zoerhoff
> Tom Sherman wrote:
>> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking at
>>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>>
>>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,,
>>> something
>>> in the $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like
>>> the
>>> best.
>> See <http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp>.
>
> Dangit, Sherman. You had me thinking that such a wonderful light
> could be had for $50 or so. I was planning Christmas gifts. Then at
> the bottom of the page I see that this light is almost $1000.
Yeah, but imagine how much fun you could have ripping down the North
Branch Trail with that thing.
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Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian...@gmail.com
Tom Sherman
> Tom Sherman wrote:
>> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking at
>>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>>
>>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,,
>>> something
>>> in the $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like
>>> the
>>> best.
>> See <http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp>.
>
> Dangit, Sherman. You had me thinking that such a wonderful light
> could be had for $50 or so. I was planning Christmas gifts. Then at
> the bottom of the page I see that this light is almost $1000.
>
The $3 for the North American outlet adapter is the killer.
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If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the precipitate.
ZBicyclist
That's exactly what I was thinking. Even with normal lights, it's
easy to blind a jogger or walker who's not lit up at all. I thought
the road mode would help with that.
ZBicyclist
> "ZBicyclist" aka Mike Kruger wrote:
>> Tom Sherman wrote:
>>> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>>>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking
>>>> at
>>>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>>>
>>>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,,
>>>> something
>>>> in the $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like
>>>> the
>>>> best.
>>> See <http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp>.
>>
>> Dangit, Sherman. You had me thinking that such a wonderful light
>> could be had for $50 or so. I was planning Christmas gifts. Then
>> at
>> the bottom of the page I see that this light is almost $1000.
>>
> You could ask your bank for a loan. ;)
>
Kristian M Zoerhoff
> Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
>> On 2008-10-21, ZBicyclist <ZBicy...@excite.com> wrote:
>>> Tom Sherman wrote:
>>>> Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
>>>>> I was just looking at the Permormance Bike web page,, looking
>>>>> at
>>>>> headlights.. they have a few on sale.
>>>>>
>>>>> I got to thinking .. some of you must have a headlight ,,
>>>>> something
>>>>> in the $20-$50 range.. what brand, model, type,, etc do ya like
>>>>> the
>>>>> best.
>>>> See <http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp>.
>>>
>>> Dangit, Sherman. You had me thinking that such a wonderful light
>>> could be had for $50 or so. I was planning Christmas gifts. Then
>>> at
>>> the bottom of the page I see that this light is almost $1000.
>>
>> Yeah, but imagine how much fun you could have ripping down the
>> North
>> Branch Trail with that thing.
>
> That's exactly what I was thinking. Even with normal lights, it's
> easy to blind a jogger or walker who's not lit up at all. I thought
> the road mode would help with that.
I don't know. I 'only' have the Ixon IQ SPeed, and I've accidentally
blinded peds at the Huntley outlets (the hand raised to the eyes was
a pretty good hint to drop to 'low' mode). I fear the Big Bang,
therefore, would be more akin to this:
<http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-09-10>
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Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian...@gmail.com