on 10/5/10 4:44 AM, opa...@gmail.com at opa...@gmail.com wrote: > Looking for light recommendations for use in my ride in the early > morning hours, about a 10 mile ride on dark rural roads. I am looking > for suggestions by Riv owners for lights that work with their setups. > I am a longtime owner/user of the NightRider "classic", which was ok, > although I never liked the gunky coax-like cabling, but the 3 ton > battery has finally given out and I'm ready for something new, > hopefully lighter in weight, and brighter, if possible...LED's?. Does > anyone still use generator type lights?
If the last light you had was the NR Classic, you will be pleasantly surprised by the changes in battery weight if you go that way. In addition to the most appropriate suggestion, which was to read through the info on Peter White's site, you may find that you don't actually need a lot of light for rural use, depending upon how much auto traffic you have. The current crop of low wattage, high intensity LED's give pretty good light - enough so that your eyes can adapt fairly quickly IF you have decent night vision and aren't receiving a retina-scorching set of auto headlights in your eyes every minute or so. A short-brimmed hat will help a bit against that. I run the USB-rechargeable (and traditionally rechargeable) NR mini whatever with a bright but narrow beam which goes on/off quickly (shopping) to see plus a widely dispersed AA battery LED to be seen from the sides. LED Headlamp to shine at side entering vehicles. But, I'm on a fairly urban route. If I am on the less trafficked route home, I see how little light I can get away with. I do covet the SON20/Edelux setup though.... - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Current Classics Bicycle Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc Cross Bike Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx Single Speed Garage Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg Working Bikes & Practical Hardware - http://www.cyclofiend.com/working Work Shops of the iBob's - http://www.cyclofiend.com/shop Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
