Sometimes, it isn't about the cost. I did originally start out with a NiteRider Minewt (the original one). Bright little sucker. Worked reasonably well on my commute (7 mi RT at the time), except when I forgot to recharge it. It happens.
As I was also getting into the rando stuff, the Minewt worked for a 200k. It even worked for a 300k (finish at 12:30 am, yup). It wasn't going to work for an all-night ride. Plus, there was a descent through White Salmon/Bingen that had me desperately wanting a different light setup. Enter the SON28/B&M IQ Fly for Bleriot. Nice. Never ran out of light. It really got a lot more miles commuting than it did brevets/ permanents. Just saying. Bleriot has been my go-to bike since I built it up. But... Now I've got another 650B rando bike, and, as technology has moved on, the new bike has a SON20/Supernova E3. I will never commute on that bike. But as the SON20 was half a pound lighter and less (I haven't noticed it yet) resistance, and the Supernova was LOTS brighter; and no dark spot in front of the wheel, I upgraded. I still commute on Bleriot. In a few days the light will come on and stay on. And I'm happy it is there. Completely reliable. I do not expect it to EVER fail. The beauty of a generator light is that you never have to "ration" turning it on. Ever. Lynne F On Oct 5, 4:44 am, "opa...@gmail.com" <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? > > Since this is not really RBW related, please email your suggestions > offline! > > Cheers -- 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.
