Lights thread

porlyworly

Another nod for the Philips SafeRide 80, my commute is 10 miles of unlit country A & B roads and it's fantastic. Got it on sale from one of the German sites but would happily pay RRP.

ugo.santalucia

Cateye 400 at 53 quid on Wiggle worth a go? I really don't want to spend "Exposure" kind of money for a set of lights

roger_merriman

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698657#p19698657]ugo.santalucia[/url] wrote:

Cateye 400 at 53 quid on Wiggle worth a go? I really don't want to spend "Exposure" kind of money for a set of lights

Looks good, neat light. Assuming it's a upgrade of the 300 since it's not on Cateye's website etc.

dazz_ni45

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19692686#p19692686]Mark__gti[/url] wrote:

New mount arrived for my light today



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Just need to order one of these so i can mount it under my Garmin

Looks like a nice solution. Can I ask where you got the mount?

iPete

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698657#p19698657]ugo.santalucia[/url] wrote:

Cateye 400 at 53 quid on Wiggle worth a go? I really don't want to spend "Exposure" kind of money for a set of lights

Got the Sirius Mk4 for £81 from Tredz (have to find the code used) but I can't say if its better than the Cateye. It does have decent run times, its likely worth a go.

p.s. if you use Tredz you'll get the Cateye for £49 with a spend £50 get £5 off code.

bendertherobot

Deca Drive at Sport Pursuit possibly the best "bang for buck" of the established brands at the moment.

rhodrich

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

UndercoverElephant

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698775#p19698775]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

I had a Smart half-watt for a number of years that had a the seat-stay option.

veronese68

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698780#p19698780]UndercoverElephant[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698775#p19698775]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

I had a Smart half-watt for a number of years that had a the seat-stay option.

The small Smart mounts struggle with skinny steel seat tubes but would probably pack out ok. I've got a couple spare as I tend to use the larger seat post mount if you want to try one.

rhodrich

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698804#p19698804]Veronese68[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698780#p19698780]UndercoverElephant[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698775#p19698775]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

I had a Smart half-watt for a number of years that had a the seat-stay option.

The small Smart mounts struggle with skinny steel seat tubes but would probably pack out ok. I've got a couple spare as I tend to use the larger seat post mount if you want to try one.

That's a kind offer - I may very well take you up on it. Slender seatstays have always been a problem in the past with this kind of light (I've got a Lidl one somewhere). The other option is a mudguard mounted light, if I can find one. My Philips Lumiring is mounted on a bracket on my mudguard on my Dawes Galaxy, and this seems to work quite well (except for the fact that the mudguard has now cracked in that area, after only 1 winter's commuting)

imatfaal

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698775#p19698775]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

I have just found that my lezyne microdrives fit in an old fizzy tab tube very very snuggly - cut out hole for light switch, taped the bit of tube to pannier rack, jammed in light, and so far so good

dazz_ni45

Could anyone recommend a replacement battery pack for my magicshine mj-872? I think the original was on its way out at the end of the last year so it is time to get organised for this year's evening rides.

Are there better/cheaper options than the replacement Magicshine MJ-6038 7.4V 4.4Ah or am I better opting for the MJ-6036 6.6Ah (I will also need to the adapter)?

Thanks

UndercoverElephant

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698830#p19698830]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698804#p19698804]Veronese68[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698780#p19698780]UndercoverElephant[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19698775#p19698775]Rhodrich[/url] wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light that mounts on the rear seatstay? I use a saddlebag, so can't mount a light on the seatpost. I've got a clip on light that goes on the saddlebag, but it faces downwards, and fell off going over a speedbump this morning, making it pretty useless.

I guess a Fibre Flare is an option, but I've had one before that failed very quickly due to poor water sealing, and I was never that impressed by the light it gave out.

I had a Smart half-watt for a number of years that had a the seat-stay option.

The small Smart mounts struggle with skinny steel seat tubes but would probably pack out ok. I've got a couple spare as I tend to use the larger seat post mount if you want to try one.

That's a kind offer - I may very well take you up on it. Slender seatstays have always been a problem in the past with this kind of light (I've got a Lidl one somewhere). The other option is a mudguard mounted light, if I can find one. My Philips Lumiring is mounted on a bracket on my mudguard on my Dawes Galaxy, and this seems to work quite well (except for the fact that the mudguard has now cracked in that area, after only 1 winter's commuting)

Meh, just wrap a thin length of rubber round the stay and it attaches just fine. Doesn't damage the paintwork that way, either. That's what I did with the Equilibrium.