Lights

cheers, woogs. alas, i feel that cycling lightless, brakeless, without foot retension and no helmet is dangerous enough, without turning around to distract male and female drivers alike with my pant-stripping lock.

i currently have snowy's rear light and no front, since some turd nicked my lights.

i ordered a hope v1 and the dude has just email to say he doesn't have any. balls.

i looked at those dealextreme 900lumen jobs. anyone had one for a couple of winters?

I had one of the original ones, it failed to charge after about 2 months. I investigated the cause and found that the circuit board connecting the batteries together had corroded away. ( The battery holder was sort of shrink wrapped but obviously not waterproof).
I obtained another battery and made myself a watertight holder for it and it was OK for all of last winter and is still going strong.
The different versions have different battery containers which is something to bear in mind when buying one.

Pictures of old and new

http://forums.mtbr.com/lights-night-riding/dead-magicshine-battery-581407.html

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/general-discussion/38538-magicshine-900-lumens-light-35.html