Lights

I think the blackburn fleas have notoriously poor reliability... and a lifetime guarantee but only if you can be bothered to send it back.

Smart R1 rear according to my research. Evans price matching Wiggle your best bet.

I'd double your spend for a country road front, buy a cheapo "seen" and a quality "see".

For riding in the countryside you don't need big rear lights. This is fine and £3.99 (x2 so you've got backup).

Front light for riding in the country needs 300 lumens absolute minimum IMO. There aren't many under £40.

^^ Depends on the roads and conditions, 100% with the opinion on the front or you'll end up riding in your own shadow or a ditch when cars are behind + more light the earlier you pick up potholes etc and the faster you can ride. Aim for something with a decent bit of flood as well as spot. I ride on some national speed limits, treated like drag strips, and some 40s treated like national speed limit so for the rear I opt for something powerful on a solid light and then have another cheaper light on flash to draw the eye.

Ayup twin on front + lezyne micros and rear lezyne rechargeable unit on solid on seat post then fibre flare on bag.

Cheers guys. Cateye TL-LD610 and Moon 5.0 it is. I have two cheap front lights I use for commuting. I'm always on well lit up roads. The front light was for the occassional night ride like the DD etc. I'd never be alone but i can't simply rely on a leader seeing for me.

my moon shields just stopped working, wont turn on or charge, just called PBK where i bought it and they said theyd call me back

Moon 5.0 it is. .

I hope to get mine in a few days

Mine's just been despatched by rutland too (quite slowly...) hope it's good now!

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/lezyne/micro-drive-led-front-rear-lights-ec041385#features

35 notes.

Discontinued.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/lezyne/macro-drive-front-light-ec052676

£41.23 with a price match from Tredz.

Mine's just been despatched by rutland too (quite slowly...) hope it's good now!

Just given my Moon Mask a first run out. It is really bright for a very dinky light. The attachment to the bracket isn't totally convincing and what negative reviews is does get are generally because that teeny screw has sheared off. Still, it's holding on mine. The strobe mode is bonkers though. When would you ever use it?

When would you ever use it?

New years eve house party.

I got this one recently and its mental! So tiny and bright. You go from invisible in traffic to sometimes
somebody might notice you.

Looks expensive

Looks chinese. £40?

are we still using 'chinese' as a pejorative term?

oh good.

Looks like Jonny5

£80 from on-one

Moon Meteor owners; any of you run a Meteor with a wireless computer? My Smart Lunar 35 interrupts the signal and I'm looking to get a Meteor and don't want the same problem.

Looks chinese. £40?

are we still using 'chinese' as a pejorative term?

oh good.

No, I was implying that the light's design is not distinctive and lacks features which might suggest it isn't available under 10 different brand names via dealextreme.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0251/5507/products/bl800f_6_large.jpg%3Fv%3D1375442596

Looks chinese. £40?

£80 from on-one

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/2-x-CREE-XML-U2-LED-Bicycle-Bike-Light-Red-Black-5000-Lm-Ultra-Bright-3-modes-UK-/00/s/MTIwMFgxMjAw/z/wbMAAMXQlgtSyspn/$_1.JPG
http://r.ebay.com/Q6pris

£25 BIN free P&P (from Manchester, not HongKong)

2 x Cree XM-L U2
Battery of 6 18650 cells (which is more than I expected).

maybe I get an extra handlebar mount and buy 5 more of these.

oy, Emyr - fuck you and the horse you rode in on, yeah?

/it's easy to 'imply' things after the fact. again, fuck you and all you hold dear. cunt.

^^^

6 x 18650 battery, each one is: 1200mAH, total 7200mAH full capacity.

Not a deal-breaker but worth noting.

Have you used these U2 leds? How do they compare to Cree P7s or T6s?

5000 is a whole lot of LMs!

unlikely, the packaging on mine says 1500 and that might be too much.