bike lights

[feed me]

so im in the market for a bike light since about 40% of my time riding is at night and even though it scares the heck outta me to be out there in the dark i have to ride on the roads because their arent any decent sidewalks. i cant keep doing that because im going to wind up getting hit so does anybody have some good suggestions? i was looking at cateye products and they seemed okay but im still trying to decide whats best for me.

[vegcrow]

Are you riding in the city and just worried about being seen or do you need something to help you see at night? That will make a big difference in which light you choose and how hard you feel it in the pocketbook...

[bob_summers]

cateye's ld1100 has worked fine for me, very bright with a distinctive flash pattern.. expensive for a blinkie (£25) and quite big, but i commute in 70mph traffic in the dark so i ain't gonna mess around with cheap lights. avoid its predecessor the ld1000 as it has a habit of randomly turning itself off.

a company called smart do a cheaper, but brighter light than the cateye one. some folk reckon it's more eyecatching to following traffic too, due to the flash pattern. i can't find the links to it but it might be worth tracking down.

[Man On Bike.]

i commute in 70mph traffic in the dark

Are you fucking insane?

[bob_summers]

it's likely. funny how, on a road with 100,000 vehicles a day, i only ever see 2 or 3 regular cyclists!

it's worse about this time of year though, leaving work in twilight. you might as well be invisible. i usually hang around at work till it's gone proper dark.

[feed me]

Are you riding in the city and just worried about being seen or do you need something to help you see at night? That will make a big difference in which light you choose and how hard you feel it in the pocketbook...

i switch between riding on dark roads and high traffic city areas so i need an nice all around light.

[Hiking Fox]

I've had cat's Eyes of different types, plus a coupla similar brands. The prob I've had with all of them is that if rain gets in, they're buggered.

A waterproof bike light would be a fine thing...

[bob_summers]

the dinotte rear is awesome (and priced to match...), although i rode behind someone with one for a few minutes and my vision went weird

i've got the front version and love it to bits.

[dean]

Front--Sigma Sport ''ELLIPSOID"...It's halogen and as bright as a car head light; and it has a built in recharger. 5 AA's

Rear--Sigma Sport RL:100...4 LED's...steady state or blinking mode. 2 AA's

They both attach securely and detach quickly and easily.

[Man On Bike.]

The thing is with these pictures, is that they can be quite misleading. With photography, contrary to popular belief, the camera always lies. On a pitch black night you could make any brand of bike lights look that bright in a photograph, if you used a large aperture and left the camera's shutter open for long enough...

Not saying that I don't believe that dinotte lights are bright. It's just that photographs of their brightness are meaningless