Lights

Don't the Exposure road models do this already?

In other news.. wtf? ANT+ lights??

http://www.bontrager.com/model/12539

"Transmitr ready for the simple brilliance of wireless control
ANT+ enabled for use with all Transmitr products"

I don't get it. Why do you need remote control lights?

So you can turn them on and off with this:
http://www.bontrager.com/model/12540

Seems like a waste of electronics.

does anyone know if you can charge a garmin 500 off the back of a exposure light using the below (exposure boost cable)?

Best non dynamo light for night riding?

Lets you mount lights at the ends of your panniers where you might not be able to reach them.

Battery-level reporting would be more useful though.

Battery powered rear light.
Needs be decent enough to try not get run over.

Suggestions?

Battery or battery pack? If the latter, Hope District+

Everyone slates Knog but my USB boomer rear is the best rear light I've had in terms of brightness and battery life. None of my Moon rears come close for battery life, and I've killed one Comet in wet weather. Knog lasted 3 years of drenching before it succumbed.

Fucking Knog. I had two pairs of different lights and they all died within 2 years.

To be fair I view lights as semi disposable. For the performance I got for 3 years I was happy to buy a new one once it failed. Only used the Boomer though, their other stuff could be shit.

I like the Cateye TL-LD1100. Being able to have one row flashing and one steady is a bonus. Prices seem to vary quite a bit, I paid £20 from Merlin cycles

http://www.bikelightsreview.com/reviews/cateye/tl-ld1100/

Just battery. AA or AAA so easily replaceable.

I've got a USB powered Exposure Blaze which is really good. But wanted battery power

Just what I wanted perfect.

Actually going to get the Rapid 3. And get 2 of them.

Anyone used one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Bicycle-Torch-Bluetooth-Speaker-Waterproof-LED-Flashlight-FM-Radio-USB-/371237232405?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item566f769f15

How good a blue tooth speaker could you get for x% of £17 and how good a light would you get for y% of £17 (where x+y = 1)?

It's probably going to be a shit version of both... my first thought was still "I want one".

I bought another two Exposure lights off ebay recently because I like them so much but I'm still a tightarse. One is going on da chick's bike and the other is a spare race light. They rock.

I think I'll do the same.

@hippy had any experience with warranty and repairs for a second hand exposure?

I've never had to use them save for when I stripped the threads on a Flare lens and they sent me out a replacement straight away, no questions asked. n=1, they're bloody good.

I'd still try and get a newer one, second hand, to make sure the battery isn't too caned.

Any point buying the Exposures now or will they be releasing updated versions soon?

The existing ones will still continue to put out light when new ones come out.

Buying now should be cheaper as they're out of season.

Hard to think why you need the latest version of a light... it's just a light.

Price? When they release new ones, the older ones are cheaper. Also, the new ones tend to be smaller, lighter and brighter - which make a difference if you're considering race performance, say if you're enduro mtbing or I dunno 24hr TTing..

But I don't know their release cycle so not sure how often they release new ones.

Yep, price for old ones being reduced, and heard mixed things about the touch tap control of some models I was interested in, so was wondering if they'd change that in updated versions. I thought it was once a year or so.

can anyone reccomend a £50 rear light best suited for a mounting on a rack? USB preferred.

Cateye do a rack mount for mist of their rear lights.

There's a rack mount (RB-19) for Moon Comet/Crescent/Shield USB lights.

Mwuahahahaaa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c--5c3Egv4E