Revolights - these look pretty good

squeeler

I spotted these while browsing the net:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revolights/revolights-join-the-revolution

I thought they looked quite cool. The lights stay in position when your wheel is spinning:

notsoblue

Why are posts about this appearing all over the place?

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Ah I see.

It looks pretty awesome, but its a bit overengineered and expensive. I see it as something else to potentially rattle and come loose, or to get in the way when cleaning my bike.

squeeler

I've no connection with it, someone at work mentioned it as I "was into bikes" so I had a look.

"It looks pretty awesome, but its a bit overengineered and expensive. I see it as something else to potentially rattle and come loose, or to get in the way when cleaning my bike."

-I agree but it's an innovative idea none the less

Kieran_Burns

Ummm.... while they look cool, this line has me perplexed:

Currently no product on the market provides both lighting and sighting at a functionally high level. Our solution, the Revolights bike lighting system, is a double threat. It represents the first fully functional lighting and sighting solution; more specifically, the first solution based on a spoke/rim/hub mounted design.

wouldn't a set of fecking bright lights like say a Hope Vision 2 or 4 fit that bill?

I could swear my front lights allow me to see very well down unlit country lanes and they sure as hell get me noticed!

UndercoverElephant

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ummm.... while they look cool, this line has me perplexed:

Currently no product on the market provides both lighting and sighting at a functionally high level. Our solution, the Revolights bike lighting system, is a double threat. It represents the first fully functional lighting and sighting solution; more specifically, the first solution based on a spoke/rim/hub mounted design.

wouldn't a set of fecking bright lights like say a Hope Vision 2 or 4 fit that bill?

I could swear my front lights allow me to see very well down unlit country lanes and they sure as hell get me noticed!

Shite at side-on "sighting", though.

bails87

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ummm.... while they look cool, this line has me perplexed:

Currently no product on the market provides both lighting and sighting at a functionally high level. Our solution, the Revolights bike lighting system, is a double threat. It represents the first fully functional lighting and sighting solution; more specifically, the first solution based on a spoke/rim/hub mounted design.

wouldn't a set of fecking bright lights like say a Hope Vision 2 or 4 fit that bill?

I could swear my front lights allow me to see very well down unlit country lanes and they sure as hell get me noticed!

Shite at side-on "sighting", though.

A few cheap LEDs and those £4 spoke reflectors takes care of that though.

It's not a bad idea for city commuters, but is there anything that shows how visible they are from the back?

Mr Plum

It looks pretty cool, but a bit too bulky/cumbersome to be practical for a daily commute - will it remain reliable through a harsh winter? Also not bright enough for unlit roads so you'd have to supplement it with a brighter bar mounted light.

If it retailed at £50 I could be interested, but I suspect that it'll be about 3 times that if/when it makes it to market.

rjsterry

@ bails87: Is that not what the second photo shows?

DrLex

Looks more gimmicky than practical

Clip-on = easily stolen or requires lashing with cable ties.
Minimal fore & aft beams = requires normal lighting to supplement in many situations
Battery pack on hub = awkward fixing & detaching for recharge
Rotating mass = inefficient
Controller for speed-controlled switching = another point of failure

I give it 6 hipsters.

Keith1983

You can get valve caps with lights in that don't have a too dissimilar effect as these, and they weigh much less and are a damn site cheaper!

rebs

I like t. If it can become very lightweight and easy clip on and off. It would be be cool.

I'd want the light to go all around the light so I can pretend to be in Tron!

shouldbeinbed

How do they work with mudguards?

Even less clearance? Light gets hidden?

Agent57

MonkeyLectric are also on Kickstarter, trying to fund a new version of the MonkeyLights.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/min ... r-bicycles

I heart my MonkeyLights.

bails87

rjsterry wrote:

@ bails87: Is that not what the second photo shows?

Ah, I was at work and the images were blocked. :oops: