Anyone got bonkers expensive bike lights?

[mauvais]

Not sure - 3.6W, I think, though it may still be 5W. 18 degree field.

 

[Firky]

Are you cycling into the darkest places you can to test out the lights?

 

[mauvais]

?

 

[gentlegreen]

So is it a bluey light and do you think this gives it an edge ?

 

[mauvais]

It's white/slightly blue, but so's the cheap Cateye ones. Don't think it makes much of a difference TBH but it is visually nicer. I'll do some test pics at some point.

 

[mauvais]

Right, camera on a tripod, manual exposure at f/3.5, both lights on the table.

Cateye EL530, 1.3 seconds:

and at 6 seconds:

Dinotte 200L, 1.3 seconds:

and at 6 seconds:

Pwned!

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Glad the Dinottes live up to the hype.

<waits for xmas bonus>

 

[damnhippie]

Pwned!

yikes - bright! i want one now...

 

[mauvais]

Glad the Dinottes live up to the hype.

<waits for xmas bonus>

Thanks a lot for the tip - I would have gone with HID had I not seen these, which would have been expensive, heavy and generally less pleasant.

 

[Firky]

Right, camera on a tripod, manual exposure at f/3.5, both lights on the table.


---8<---

Pwned!

You geek

 

[mattie]

£7.99

Head torches not too good an idea on a bike, as you lose a lot of perception of road profile - bar-mounted lights cast a shadow behind bumps in the road.

 

[soulman]

Head torches not too good an idea on a bike, as you lose a lot of perception of road profile - bar-mounted lights cast a shadow behind bumps in the road.

I have a small bike light next to my bell. And if I need more light I can stop and put on my head light. Nothing bonkers, nothing too expensive, and multifunctional

 

[mauvais]

Well, I got through the winter and very much recommend the 200L, but mine's now blown up and has to go back to America. Excellent customer service though, so should be fine.

Anyway, I figured with that away, and err, it being the longest day of the year and all, why not splash out on this Lancashire bad boy:

Hope Vision 4, 930 lumens

Off to crash around the forest later!

 

[Cid]

Get one of these to keep it company...

 

[mauvais]

HID's passé now baby!

 

[ats]

For about £200 you could could get a Schmidt hub dynamo and lights.

A lot of light, minimal drag and and no worrying about recharging or carrying batteries.

 

[Cid]

HID's passé now baby!

Oh come on, LEDs are like, totally 2006.

 

[mauvais]

No wai! LEDs are where it's at!

I reckon LEDs have overtaken HID, at least for now. The technology's massively improved in the last few years.