Lights

Eddy currents wont warm up your rims so much

Hardly at all. Assuming about 5W dissipated in resistive losses, that's orders of magnitude below the 1000W you can put into your rims by braking reasonably briskly, e.g. from 30kph to standstill in 4s (~15m)

Wonder if it would work on HEDs...

Would work on Al rimmed H3s, Jets etc., but not on H3C or Stingers.

I just tried the trick with the tube on a roll aluminum foil. So strange! So funny!
now for the carbon tube :-)

you should look at the phillips dynamo light. I replaced my B&M cyco something with it and
its much much muuuch better.

Cheers, I'll remember that tip. That Drive light was a cheap entry into dynamo lighting. As I have needed to budget somewhere.

I ideally wanted the brightest, yet simplest light.

Just ordered the moon mas and moon shield, I was thinking about getting the exposure ones but a few people I know have had trouble with them, plus these are USB rechargable so no bulky charger

I received the mask and shield, today and I can confirm what others have said, they are fucking bright.

An XMl-T6 with a wide angle lens, strobe setting for white-facing, hard to beat it

Hey guys,
i am looking to buy some Knog lights just to make me more visible on the road.
Can any bodt shed some light (no pun intended) on which of their line up is the best in terms of brightness, reliability ect.

i am looking at the Boomer rechargeable.

Price no object so don't worry about oo they are a bit pricey I can get the most expensive Knog's for £40. So really if there are alternatives £40 is the budget.

Looking to get these today so quick responses will be fab.

Cheers

Ive had boomers (battery ones) for about 4 months, and cant fault them. ive had a good few of the other ones in the range and have been disappointed with brightness and quality.

The boomers have a hardshell casing on the inside for water protection which is missing on the others, hence why they break so easily.

There proper bright too. they have a high intensity led rather than normal leds on the other models.

I cant vouch the the usb versions. but the normal AAA with some decent rechargeable batteries last about 3 weeks with about 40mins riding a day before needing a recharge.

hope that helps

OFN by now I suppose but they are 40% off @ Cycle Surgery,,,

http://www.cyclesurgery.com/timeout-tuesday/promo/fcp-category/list?resetFilters=true

I've been using the USB version of the Knog Boomer for a while now, very good, seem to be well built and have survived several good soakings and lots of mud. The front is a 'be seen' light rather than one suitable for lighting up a completely dark road or path. They charge relatively quickly and last well, very quick and easy to mount / unmount.

Awesome!

New mini monkey lectric lights!

For the next bridges ride... ?

Yet to try the Six Pack but it appears to be very bright..

I was pulled over by the police last night because apparently my Moon Shield was blinding them (it was on normal flashing mode, not super strobe mode). They told me to put it on a steady mode or face a £30 fine.

In the UK, the regulations governing bicycle lights are set out in the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989[4] and their subsequent amendments, summarized in the Highway Code.[5] The regulations require a white front light, a red rear light, a red rear reflector, and amber/yellow pedal reflectors on the front and rear of both pedals. Reflectors must conform to BS 6102/2 or an equivalent European standard. The situation for lights is more complicated:
a light with a steady mode is considered approved only if it conforms to BS 6102/3 or an equivalent European standard;
a light without a steady mode is considered approved only if it flashes at a constant rate of between 60 to 240 flashes per minute and has a luminous intensity of at least 4 candela;
The majority of LED lights available are not approved for UK use since they have steady modes that do not conform to BS 6102/3. It is, however, legal to fit additional lights providing that they are of the correct colour, they do not dazzle other road users and that if they flash, they do so at a constant rate of between 60 and 240 flashes per minute.
National cyclists' organisations such as LAB (US) or CTC (UK)[6] are a source of lighting information.

Dunno how representative that is, maybe they can fine you. I think I recall hearing that any level of luminosity/flashing is permitted on cyclists, as long as there are lights positioned between 2 and 4 ft off the ground.

^ Thats out of date. Flashing lights as primary have been legal for about 3-4 years.

If it were blinding then angle it down.

I find the Moon to be particularly weak rather than blinding.

I think it's fair enough to pull someone over and tell them their lights are a dazzle hazard (dazzard?), but would expect it to lead to being asked to angle the light slightly more towards the ground, or perhaps switch from some kind of mental steady beam to a less mental steady beam as traffic approaches from the front. Non-stroboscopic flashing in itself shouldn't be an issue.

ha !

^ Thats out of date. Flashing lights as primary have been legal for about 3-4 years.

It's not out of date, it accurately reflects the stupid situation since flashing lights became theoretically legal in 2005, as the CTC detail here.

I've just had a quick look at my moon mask, and spotted that what I thought was the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_mark in in fact a CE (China Export) mark.

Better here than in some places I think though!

^That's a bit cheeky!

Wikipedia links to this written answer from the European parliament dating to 2008.
It suggests that people are marking products with an inaccurate version of the logo and that some of those markings are just plainly not true.
They said they were unaware of there being an official "China Export" mark which looked similar so it's possibly something destined for snopes.
I'm sure loads of kit gets the stamp when it's never been approved though.

you can get anything stamped or approved in china. thats why so much organic food
now comes from china.

I must sort a light for the DD ASAP. Any reason I shouldn't just go buy that hope?