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Remind me of the downsides again.... money is no object.
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Rule 64:
Cornering confidence generally increases with time and experience. This pattern continues until it falls sharply and suddenly.
http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/
Cornering confidence generally increases with time and experience. This pattern continues until it falls sharply and suddenly.
http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/
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If money is no object then I don't know of any downsides except battery life. Try and go for a high capacity li-on or Nimh battery and you should get at least 2.5 hours burn time.
I currently run a 13w hid helmet light and the light is amazing. I been impressed so much that I have just ordered a 30w (1850 lumens)bar mounted hid for œ150. Both my hids have a burn time of 2.5 hours.with the bar one having an adjustable voltage so I can drag it out to 3 hours if need be.
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Every day is a learning day!!!0 -
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Remind me of the downsides again<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
They don't like being turned on / off frequently.
Spares can be very costly.
Older designs used to take a few mins to warm up before they became bright and suffer from over-heating0 -
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Vegeeta</i>
Remind me of the downsides again....
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They annoy everyone around you, and you'll have no mates left on night rides.0 -
Looking at the Hope ones, which are the ones I can get the best price on, the HID light has a better minumum run time than the LED.
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Cornering confidence generally increases with time and experience. This pattern continues until it falls sharply and suddenly.
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Try www.batteryspace.com as this is where I got mine and it was alot cheaper than any of the Uk kits.
The quality is good for the price paid.
I can't wait to try the 30watt hid as it's the equivalent of a 100w halogen bulb.
www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/267984293/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481088/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481085/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481084/
Every day is a learning day!!!www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/267984293/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481088/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481085/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47091714@N00/269481084/
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Veg - you can't buy the Hope one. It goes against at least 50% of your previous posts.
You can't. No no no.
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I have the L&M arc, fantastic piece of kit, I can really recommend it. I got it imported from the US so was very cheap.
my photos NYM biking routes My full Suss My Hardtail0 -
HIDs are great, still better than leds. they dont like hard knocks and bulb life is dependent on the number of starts.
I have lumicycles which are good apart from i have not updated the connectors and they can get pulled out.
gasgasman2001, thats a seriously bright light.0
