Seven Axiom SLX, 4-season and all-road

Definitely a winner's move to remove the logos on the rims

Nice - mudguard stays need painting the same colour though :P

How many rear lights do you need?!

Two and a camera

Makes sense to me. But I have a camera with integrated light and one more light.

One nice rear light is enough. Two can be good if you want other cars and cyclists to see you and think 'that person has one too many rear lights' which I guess is something.

Nice bike btw!

Two also has redundancy built in.

I only use one myself but its not overkill to have two smaller ones, one on constant beam and one flashing

Edit: Because my one Moon Nebula is retina burning on full power

I have two for a few reasons.

1. An always on rear light is far better for determining the speed and direction of vehicle. Yet a blinking rear light is what people notice when they aren't paying attention as it grabs attention. Two means one on each mode providing the best of both worlds.
   
2. I've had rear lights fall off in the past, usually as a result of a violent impact like a severe pot hole. Two means I'm hoping one always stays on.
   
3. Having 2 which operate in different modes means that were I to neglect to charge (they need charging very seldom) then 1 of the two has significantly more battery left than the other.
   
4. They're at subtly different angles, the blinky one is angled higher so that when a vehicle gets too close the light gets bright as the driver moves into the focus path of the light optics.
   
   

Given that these lights are extremely cheap, quite bright, take standard AAA batteries, and only look large in profile (they're vertically mounted and fit within the front profile of the seat post)... it's just a no-brainer to run two.

I may overthink this stuff... but it's dirt cheap, weighs nothing, and I feel it is a better thing than having a single nicer (read: more expensive) rear light.

SON dynamo and internal wiring?

No dynamo on this.

I thought about it, and it's nice. But I'm not doing so many days of contiguous riding without the ability to encounter power. The rear lights with AAA batteries is universal and easy to carry spares. The front lights I have multiple battery packs for and can carry about 24hr of high beam lighting or low hundreds of hours of low beam lighting.

I just don't have the need for a dynamo. I'm not an ultra endurance rider or a multi-week remote area tourer.

Finally re fitted my swarfs yesterday and thought of yours.

Got a spare black stay should you want it.

Pics of mine in the talbot thread for comparison.

Fair enough, I think the 2 spectrums of dynamo are Hippy and Commuter. Somewhere in between is 'is it going to add that much (weight, price) etc, so might as well'. I am the latter.

"How can I spend more money on my already finished bike?" - Amey

hey, I didn't do coke in the 90s !

niche and expensive

Have you seen the bike you've just built?

Got a spare black stay should you want it.

How does it mount to the fender? 2 bolt or 1? Not sure I want to drill more.

If it's 2 bolt, and there's a chance of it fitting a 50mm fender... then yes please.

Have you seen the bike you've just built?

You can talk!

I'd ride that.

If I didn't know that you'd ride anything that might come over as a compliment ;)

Thanks for this.

hippy is a commuter

I do like just being able to grab my bike and always have lights running. I'd often forget to charge batteries or lights and I'd always get the fear on audaxes that my lights were not going to last so I'd run them lower than necessary.

The last bike I bought cost me £95. Even my most expensive bike was bought off ebay.
You will always lose the ££ argument with me, SerottaGuy™. :P

I'd ride the pink thing too but I would definitely wrap the whole fucking thing in electrical tape first...

Green and yellow stripey electrical tape?

You’d ride a pink bike?

How much have you changed?