A couple of notes on the installation of the Luxos B dynamo light: 1. The light is much bigger than the Cyo light. 2. The bracket must angle upwards. You can no longer mount the light with the bracket angling downwards because the light cannot swivel to the proper orientation.
Because I could not mount the light downwards, I needed to add a bunch of washers/spacers to the front of my Mark's rack to have the light clear my Acorn mini-rando bag. --An immediate difference at start: gone is the dark spot in front of the light. The light spits out a U of light with the bottom of the U starting on the ground right in front of you, so you don't have to worry about getting a nearfield light and losing out on distance. The light output is quite ingenious--I think. The way you align the light is to have the light hit the ground about 30 feet in front of you. What this does is put a big hotspot on the ground a little over a lane wide in front of you. This gives you clear vision of any obstacles in front of you, but there is still decent light within the U which spreads out from the bike to the hotspot. In addition the width of the light much wider than the Cyo--most of the 2 lane road. Don't throw the hotspot into the horizon, put it on the ground--it will improve the ride visibility immensely and you won't blind the traffic. The color of the light did not look too blue. Without direct comparison to the Cyo, it looked pretty similar to me. The downside of the light could be that the only area that is as bright as the Cyo is in that hotspot I mentioned earlier. The rest of the illumination is less, so it is much easier to get distracted by street lights. If you do mostly city riding, then you probably don't need or maybe wouldn't want this light. For me, yes, I wish that whole area within the U was as bright as the hotspot is, but for lighting what is most essential for safe and enjoyable riding, the Luxos does a great job, and it is a big improvement over the Cyo for me. Toshi in Oakland, CA -- 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-bunch@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.
