lights

humf

yes i got hit in the head by a metall shuter at work last week

symo

OKAY..................


Back on topic. Visiting the olds to pick up my kite buggy and a wardrobe and discovered Ilkeston's Tesco has an untouched batch of the 3W Cree supertorch. I bought two, one for me and the other for my father. I now have two, but anyone looking for the seriously bright commuter light sollution and is near Ilkeston in Derbyshire should call in before like Exeter and Newton Abbot they all disappear.

snooks

N4PALM wrote:

There have been loads of threads about this recently.

Anyway I recommend the Blackburn Quadrant and Mars 3 combo

If anyone says they didnt see you with those on then theyre either blind or lying.

+1

My only comment would be that if you get the quadrant and you do cycle somewhere really dark (Thames cycle path, or under big trees for example), the extraneous light coming off the top can mean you loose your night vision, and it can also cause flare if you wear glasses...simple solution though, bit of black tape over the top of the lights and you can see again...hurrrah!

You can also get extra bracket (when the come in stock) so you can use the same lights if you have more than one bike

N4PALM

snooks wrote:

N4PALM wrote:

There have been loads of threads about this recently.

Anyway I recommend the Blackburn Quadrant and Mars 3 combo

If anyone says they didnt see you with those on then theyre either blind or lying.

+1

My only comment would be that if you get the quadrant and you do cycle somewhere really dark (Thames cycle path, or under big trees for example), the extraneous light coming off the top can mean you loose your night vision, and it can also cause flare if you wear glasses...simple solution though, bit of black tape over the top of the lights and you can see again...hurrrah!

You can also get extra bracket (when the come in stock) so you can use the same lights if you have more than one bike

I did the same... put a little bit of electrical tape accross the top bit so I dont dazzle myself but I left the sides exposed for obvious reasons.

snooks

N4PALM wrote:

snooks wrote:

N4PALM wrote:

There have been loads of threads about this recently.

Anyway I recommend the Blackburn Quadrant and Mars 3 combo

If anyone says they didnt see you with those on then theyre either blind or lying.

+1

My only comment would be that if you get the quadrant and you do cycle somewhere really dark (Thames cycle path, or under big trees for example), the extraneous light coming off the top can mean you loose your night vision, and it can also cause flare if you wear glasses...simple solution though, bit of black tape over the top of the lights and you can see again...hurrrah!

You can also get extra bracket (when the come in stock) so you can use the same lights if you have more than one bike

I did the same... put a little bit of electrical tape accross the top bit so I dont dazzle myself but I left the sides exposed for obvious reasons.

It's not just me then

Kieran_Burns

Bikehut did a light that did the exact same thing (my secondary light) and I used the same hi-tech solution.

I noticed the other day that they've changed the design now and have a solid black top to the light to stop the light bleed into your eyes.

Good basic light though.

ictech

bought the quadrant off ebay via merlin, go figure. no stock in store but the ebay side does. anyway i digress, the light given off is just what i wanted. i use the two flash two steady mode. i dont get too dazzled by the light from the top. thanks for the advice, well worth the money and i feel safer for it.

Thanks

Ian

avoidingmyphd

re the stock mystery @ Merlin: they have the quadrant alone (on the website and on ebay), but not the combo with the Mars 3.0 (on ebay or the website). So there's plenty of stock if, like this thread seems to assume, we're looking for front lights.

does anyone know where you can get an extra bracket for the quadrant? i can only see them at SJS, but it's sold out / discontinued

snooks

Chain reactions will have some in stock on 24/10

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19148

avoidingmyphd

perfect thank you!

humf

has eney one ever lost a read led light whil riding on the road my nefuew lost his on the way home from work it just pingde off for no reasn then a taxi ran over the light

cougie

Thats why I have two.

humf

al pass that on to him thanks has eney one had run ins with uther road youses i had a woman open hure car door on me reasantley it was a close call ript my left panyer :roll:

symo

My lockblock velcro came apart last night when I took them of the bike at Tesco's. Will attempt to repair with superglue.

Bagman

Surf-Matt wrote:

Think I might get myself an EL610 plus of teabay - seems like a "proper" light for a reasonable outlay.

Worth having a look at the previous Cateye 610 thread (last month or so). I have had mine for 6 weeks and it is now useless due to the crappy plastic runner breaking

Shame as good amount of light given out

humf

i have just got a smart polaris 3 set of lights and thar not bad fore 24.99 wurth a go

redvee

Just made my 4th CRC order in 2 weeks and ordered a mars 3 to supplement my Cateye TL LD120 or the other way round I think.

humf

the knightlie halajens with the led asid batrey are verey gud i had a set of cats eye haljens fore 7 years and thay have just paktup this weak thay did stand the test of time and several masiv staks bike vuses tree tree wins bike teks on black ice ice wins lights stay in one pees just :P

humf

and yes i do fall off a lot most of the time reali :oops:

humf

by the way redvee verey kool bike 8)

alfablue

humf wrote:

the knightlie halajens with the led asid batrey are verey gud i had a set of cats eye haljens fore 7 years and thay have just paktup this weak thay did stand the test of time and several masiv staks bike vuses tree tree wins bike teks on black ice ice wins lights stay in one pees just :P

English not your first language?

Nick6891

alfablue wrote:

humf wrote:

the knightlie halajens with the led asid batrey are verey gud i had a set of cats eye haljens fore 7 years and thay have just paktup this weak thay did stand the test of time and several masiv staks bike vuses tree tree wins bike teks on black ice ice wins lights stay in one pees just :P

English not your first language?

humf

im dislexik ok its hard inuf geting the curig up to right in i dont nead sarki coments ok