Oh yes, it's autumn - Rear Lights

wolfsbane2k

Hi.

Just broken my rear light again ( £3.00 Planet x jobsworth riley) and looking to be properly prepared for, my first "no car winter", or as beztweets puts it:

beztweets wrote:

I hear that September is "cycle safety month". Be sure to wear hi-viz, so rescuers can find you under the impending tidal wave of horseshit."

Since I run a pannier and mudguard, looking at the German/Dutch lights, and come across some Spanninga lights that have caught my eye - The Lineo (http://www.spanninga.com/products/rearlights/lineo/) and the Vena ( http://www.spanninga.com/products/rearlights/vena-2/), both of which are SvTZO compliant, which I really like.

Has anyone else on here got recommendations? Thinking an international order might be on hand ( unless someone's at Eurobike and can bring some back!)

lostboysaint

Moon Comet

hopkinb

I like my seesense icon, though I only bought it in March I think, so haven't had a huge amount of use from it yet, nor utilised all of its various features. It's very bright though.

MrSweary

Have an Exposure TraceR - small, bright, usb chargeable - works well.

Thinking of investing in a Cycliq Fly 6 after my recent experience with homicidal drivers.

apreading

lostboysaint wrote:

Moon Comet

Nah - Moon Nebula for the win: http://www.awcycles.co.uk/moon-nebula-u ... light.html

itboffin

This year for the first time I've run my rear light every ride morning noon and night, why not?!

It's one of those moon jobs and on day light mode is to bright to stay close behind for long, drafting is out and if you leave at that setting at night time they'll be one hell of a long queue behind you or you'll be dead in a ditch.

But we'll lit

bendertherobot

ALL the cool kids have see sense icons now.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

But will the cool kids want a rear light with a HD camera, so they can have footage of that numpty who ran into them with a motor vehicle, but then gets a ridiculously lenient verdict in the court room?

https://www.merlincycles.com/cycliq-fly ... 90298.html

10% off lights at Merlin btw, the Moon Nebula is ~£35 after discount.;)

wolfsbane2k

Heh, the see sense is way out of my current price range, looking £20, possibly £30 at a stretch.
Looking for 2 lights, so that I've always got a backup, and really like the idea of a reflector in build for the pannier mount.
I've got an aldi equivalent of the moon comet on a seat rail mount from last year, and the bike shop provided seat post mounted reflector/basic light but both are blocked by the pannier top bag when it's fitted, and I can't get them on the thin panniers.

I do have a Portland design works fenderbot, but that's currently in for a warranty replacement and I'm not sure it's up to scratch.

Anyway, more suggestions please!

bendertherobot

bendertherobot wrote:

ALL the cool kids have see sense icons now.

They might do. I really want one to test......

oldbazza

Got the Icon and a TraceR,both pretty awesome in their own way,plus an Exposure Strada and Cat-Eye Volt 300 combo up front.

Also use AlpKits Tao lights as supplementary ones on the seat stays and front ones on the forks;was lit up like a Christmas tree last year.

wolfsbane2k

oldbazza wrote:

Got the Icon and a TraceR,both pretty awesome in their own way,plus an Exposure Strada and Cat-Eye Volt 300 combo up front.

Also use AlpKits Tao lights as supplementary ones on the seat stays and front ones on the forks;was lit up like a Christmas tree last year.

I was like an Xmas tree last year up front, with 3 lights on the rear and visible reflector, but have changed from rucksack to panniers and my lights from last year are now blocked so useless.

I love the idea of the fly 6, but after the Reginald Scot incident I don't want a light that low, but want a rear facing shoulder mounted one to minimise the window reflection.

bendertherobot

I'm on the list to review this as well.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/pro ... hed-182562

Really looking forward to it. If it fits well and does what it says then I'd say it's going to be a great commuting addition.

asprilla

oldbazza wrote:

Got the Icon and a TraceR,both pretty awesome in their own way,plus an Exposure Strada and Cat-Eye Volt 300 combo up front.

Also use AlpKits Tao lights as supplementary ones on the seat stays and front ones on the forks;was lit up like a Christmas tree last year.

Where on earth do you ride that requires a Strada and a Volt 300?

SME

lostboysaint wrote:

Moon Comet

2nd. I love mine.

wolfsbane2k

Asprilla wrote:

oldbazza wrote:

Got the Icon and a TraceR,both pretty awesome in their own way,plus an Exposure Strada and Cat-Eye Volt 300 combo up front.

Also use AlpKits Tao lights as supplementary ones on the seat stays and front ones on the forks;was lit up like a Christmas tree last year.

Where on earth do you ride that requires a Strada and a Volt 300?

Stop going off topic, this is a rear light thread ;-)

cougie

Love my original see sense light especially now it's reprogrammed and has a bigger battery.

As for a back up the smart half watt lights work for me. Ridiculously cheap and bright.

redvee

PX Moon Comet copy and TraceR on the seatpost/saddle and a PDW Fenderbot on the mudguard.

andy9964

Saddle rail mounted TraceR and an ageing Lunar R1 (it has batteries, how retro )
Might replace the R1 with the PX Canopus. Recently got a front one for a fiver, and very impressed with it's be-seen-ness. Shame they've gone up to £8 in the "sale" :roll:

UndercoverElephant

SvTZO lamps don't flash (and are usually dynamo powered), the German authorities don't like flashing lights as they can "mesmerise tired or drunk drivers". I prefer flashy rear lights so go with something else even though I have a dynamo front.

Mine is a Topeak RedLight Mega, have had it for a couple of years.

https://www.topeak.com/global/en/produc ... lite--mega

It's waterproof, quite bright* and has excellent side visibility. Did have a rattle, though which was fixed with a piece of inner tube.

*not one of the eye-melters that some people seem to like. I don't much like the idea of drivers behind me shielding their eyes.

arthur_scrimshaw

I bought a couple of the new knog blinders mob from planet X when they were £16 each. The new chip on board LEDs are staggeringly bright and knog seemed to have sorted the inevitable rubber band failure mode by making the new design replaceable and incorporated the USB into the mounting rather than a flip out connector.

apreading

One of the points of the eye melters is that they work as daytime running lights too.

UndercoverElephant

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

I bought a couple of the new knog blinders mob from planet X when they were £16 each. The new chip on board LEDs are staggeringly bright and knog seemed to have sorted the inevitable rubber band failure mode by making the new design replaceable and incorporated the USB into the mounting rather than a flip out connector.

Have they made them visible from the side yet? I have one on my CR1, but you can't see diddly from much away from rear-on.

arthur_scrimshaw

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

I bought a couple of the new knog blinders mob from planet X when they were £16 each. The new chip on board LEDs are staggeringly bright and knog seemed to have sorted the inevitable rubber band failure mode by making the new design replaceable and incorporated the USB into the mounting rather than a flip out connector.

Have they made them visible from the side yet? I have one on my CR1, but you can't see diddly from much away from rear-on.

No side visibility at all. They do have a wide visble angle unlike some lights with lenses and also gave a neat reflector section border around the led panel.

The Rookie

Still using my 3 year old Moin Shield 60 and a friend is still using his PX copy that is too years old, more than bright enough, sensible money, reliable and good after sales service (my friends daughter snapped the mounting lug off the light, they replaced it for $5 inc P&P).

oldbazza

Asprilla wrote:

oldbazza wrote:

Got the Icon and a TraceR,both pretty awesome in their own way,plus an Exposure Strada and Cat-Eye Volt 300 combo up front.

Also use AlpKits Tao lights as supplementary ones on the seat stays and front ones on the forks;was lit up like a Christmas tree last year.

Where on earth do you ride that requires a Strada and a Volt 300?

The Strada is for unlit country roads,the volt is on flash mode.I had the Volt first which was fine but needed something with a bit more oomph;it's also handy having the bar mounted remote switch so I can turn it up or down as needed.

The commute can be a mix of wide open fen roads,unlit cycle path(next to a river) and a busy A road so it's a mix of seeing were I'm going and being seen by others.

DrLex

The Rookie wrote:

Still using my 3 year old Moin Shield 60 and a friend is still using his PX copy that is too years old, more than bright enough, sensible money, reliable and good after sales service (my friends daughter snapped the mounting lug off the light, they replaced it for $5 inc P&P).

Ditto to use and breakage, but I just superglued it to the mount on the strap. I use it as a DRL over the summer for any ride on a fast/busy road and it also discourages drafters in flash mode.

prawny

I've got a brand new B&M Toplight in a box at home if you want it. It's an AA battery powered one that goes on the end of a rack.

Name your price, the wife is asking me when I'm going to move it but I can't find a home for it.

wolfsbane2k

prawny wrote:

I've got a brand new B&M Toplight in a box at home if you want it. It's an AA battery powered one that goes on the end of a rack.

Name your price, the wife is asking me when I'm going to move it but I can't find a home for it.

DM inbound!