Dinotte 200L

Staggerlee46
Staggerlee46 Posts: 38
edited October 2007 in Workshop
As the nights draw in I've decided to treat myself to a Dinotte 200L after reading such rave reviews and blindly riding the Southwark potholes on my commute home.
Does anyone know of any London biek shop stockists. I know it is probably cheaper to buy online but things tend to stray when you live in accommodation with shared lobbies!.
Thanks

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    Not quite London but GB Cycles in Croydon stock them.
  • JWSurrey
    JWSurrey Posts: 1,173
    Condor Cycles
    Grays Inn Road - North of the X-roads.
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Out in Richmond Park yesterday evening, squeezing in a couple of laps before the sun went down. Saw two or three riders going in the opposite direction with the most amazing lights - it was hard to tell the difference between their bike lights and those from a motorbike. Could these lights have been the Dinotte 200Ls, or maybe something else? I was seriously impressed and would like to invest in something similar.
  • sloboy
    sloboy Posts: 1,139
    I've got one of the older Dinotte 5W lamps. It's pretty good and bright enough to ride unlit roads with, but I suspect it's not one of the lights that you see on other bikes and go WOW ! I say that cos it's got a very small aperture, whereas it strikes me that the most impressive lights you see have a decent size lens.
  • JWSurrey
    JWSurrey Posts: 1,173
    The Dinottes would fit the bill.
    Last year, when the technology was outputting approx. 100lumens (3W and 5W Luxeon emitters / LEDs rather than the 3W 200 lumen Seoul P4 LEDs/Cree LEDs), I bought a
    Solidlights 1303....
    This comes with 3x 3W Luxeons, to provide a wider pool of light.
    This lamp's as good as the one on the motorbike!

    At 100 squids for this year's Dinotte offering, you could buy two!.. One to provide kerb/close illumination.

    The ultimate, the Lupines really rock - But so do the ticket prices!
    www.solidlights.com
    www.dinottelighting.com
    www.lupine.de

    I've found that you get a wider berth when being overtaken too - probably something to do with the psychology of allowing room for the pool of light.

    Be careful where you point them - it's easy to set them too high, and blind all and sundry!

    Edit: Yeah, it was a close run thing between the Solidlights and the Dinotte last year - I opted for Solidlights as the beam was wider on the 1303, plus the run time and firmware suited me better, but last year they were near enough the same price.

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