I have a Shutter Precision dynamos on a couple of bikes and a SON on my gravel bike; all are paired with Exposure Revo front light and Exposure Redeye rear light, which plugs into the Revo. The Exposure headlight has a stand light good for an hour or so after stopping. I got all these after I retired, but I like having daytime lights. When I ride at night, they're good. One other advantage, they aren't affected by cooler temperatures the way some battery lights are. When I commuted to work, I used Exposure Strada lights. Solid handlebar mounts. Tom in Alexandria, VA
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 8:16:50 PM UTC-4 kiziria...@gmail.com wrote: > I find these very hard to beat, and use them in the daytime too. If a rear > light can be too bright, this one is it. > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07545T4Y9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 > > On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 4:35:05 PM UTC-7 Piaw Na wrote: > >> I'm the exception. I switched to battery lights from dynamo hubs/lights. >> I get flats more frequently at night than during the day, and ended up >> having to carry a battery light anyway to fix the flat. In which case I >> might as well just use the battery light all the time. Unlike other people >> I do not ever forget to charge my battery lights. >> >> My preferred tail-light is the Garmin Varia Radar, which easily justifies >> its premium over regular lights by providing info about cars coming up >> behind me. This is especially useful when touring, letting me know it's >> safe to ride out into the lane to take pictures of my cycling companions. >> >> My recommended headlight right now is the Energizer X400. ( >> https://amzn.to/40eBalS). It is bright, unforgiving of people who forget >> to charge things (somehow people never seem to forget to charge their >> smartphones though!), water resistant, and the mount never fails. I buy >> them for my mother in law, my wife, my kids, etc. On sale you can get them >> for $16, but the regular price of $20 also doesn't sting. >> >> On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 3:53:50 PM UTC-7 Peter Adler wrote: >> >>> Reelights are awesome; I had them on my pack mule for years, until I >>> accidentally smashed the headlight putting the front wheel into a bike rack >>> (kind of an obvious risk for a QR/dropout-mounted light). Given that the >>> induction system powers the light by moving spoke-mounted magnets past the >>> induction coil in the light (the faster the wheels rotate, the brighter the >>> lights), I took the two no-longer-used used lights off the front wheel and >>> moved them to the rear wheel, doubling the number of magnets. Presto! >>> Taillight's twice as bright. >>> >>> Reelight sells all the elements of their systems (mounting brackets, >>> magnets etc) as separate items, in addition to the complete light kits. The >>> problem for US buyers is that the Danish company doesn't appear to have a >>> US distributor; although they have frequent sales/specials (20-30% >>> discounts are common, and occasional 50% ones), the shipping to the US is >>> brutal. >>> >>> The lights (especially the headlights) are be-seen lights for well-lit >>> urban areas, but every little bit helps. At some point, I'll swallow hard >>> and pay the ruinous shipping for a new non-flash kit with disc mounting >>> brackets to get away from my panniers and double/triple up on the magnets. >>> Might even try mounting the old rear light with all the magnets I have and >>> spinning it around, just to see how much juice the lights can handle. >>> >>> On the larger issue: Generator/dynamo lights rule, full stop. No matter >>> what the generator system. If you ride a lot at night, as I do, few things >>> are more awful than having a battery light die on you just when you need it >>> most. It's like there's a dybbuk somewhere waiting for cyclists to be in a >>> dicey night situation, and draining their batteries out of malice, through >>> dark sorcery. >>> >>> Peter "let there be non-battery light" Adler >>> Berkeley, CA >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 10:32:29 AM UTC-7 Eric Norris wrote: >>> >>> If you’re interested in a non-battery solution, I can recommend this >>> taillight from Reelight: >>> https://reelight.com/en-us/collections/battery-free-lights/products/nova >>> >>> >>> I’ve had one on a bike for several years, and it’s always worked >>> perfectly. The headlights aren’t very bright, and are best used for >>> visibility. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8c6ad694-cc25-48e5-836f-487098676b8dn%40googlegroups.com.
