I want your light. Please

Martin Bulmer said:

Walking home from the pub just now, a fast road bike came past, with a
flashing rear light, mounted vertically, about 4 inches tall by 1/2 inch
wide. As it got further away, it seemed to grow larger, until to about 200
yards away. (Apologies for the imperial, just showing my age). After that,
it remained violently visible up to about half a mile away, where a corner
intervened.
You are the cyclist. You are riding north through Thringstone in
Leicestershire. What rear light are you using, please?

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

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Tom @ NSCycle said:

Martin Bulmer said:

Walking home from the pub just now, a fast road bike came past, with
a flashing rear light, mounted vertically, about 4 inches tall by
1/2 inch wide. As it got further away, it seemed to grow larger,
until to about 200 yards away. (Apologies for the imperial, just
showing my age). After that, it remained violently visible up to
about half a mile away, where a corner intervened.
You are the cyclist. You are riding north through Thringstone in
Leicestershire. What rear light are you using, please?

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

That looks about right, thanks. Any other suggestions?
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Martin Bulmer

Martin Bulmer said:

Quoted message said:

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

That looks about right, thanks. Any other suggestions?

That's the only rear lamp I've seen with that sort of shape, that
would be my best guess too.
--

"Bob"

'The revolution is just a T shirt away'

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Martin Bulmer said:

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Tom @ NSCycle said:

Martin Bulmer said:

Walking home from the pub just now, a fast road bike came past, with
a flashing rear light, mounted vertically, about 4 inches tall by
1/2 inch wide. As it got further away, it seemed to grow larger,
until to about 200 yards away. (Apologies for the imperial, just
showing my age). After that, it remained violently visible up to
about half a mile away, where a corner intervened.
You are the cyclist. You are riding north through Thringstone in
Leicestershire. What rear light are you using, please?

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

That looks about right, thanks. Any other suggestions?

Cateye TL-LD1000.

With 10 LEDs it's bright enough, but the 600 is more likely from your
description.

Tom @ NSCycle said:

Martin Bulmer said:

Walking home from the pub just now, a fast road bike came past, with a
flashing rear light, mounted vertically, about 4 inches tall by 1/2 inch
wide. As it got further away, it seemed to grow larger, until to about 200
yards away. (Apologies for the imperial, just showing my age). After that,
it remained violently visible up to about half a mile away, where a corner
intervened.
You are the cyclist. You are riding north through Thringstone in
Leicestershire. What rear light are you using, please?

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

Ah yes, I use two of those - one flashing, attached to the seat post,
and one steady on the offside of the pannier rack.

People who I know who have driven up behind me at night have remarked
how bright the lights are - and, notwithstanding the recent news that a
third of drivers can't see properly - the combination of these lights
and a hi-vis gillet make it beggar belief that I can't be seen.

FWIW I use a 10w Smart light on the front.

--
Chris

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?
They're really very bright and about that size....

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That looks about right, thanks. Any other suggestions?

Nope, I'd guess at that. I've ridden with two (one vert & one
horizontal) one flashing and one steady since they were brought out
here.

People that see me commuting that I know (cagers that is) are always
saying how incredibly visible they are from a long, long way off.

Just don't look at them when you install new batteries, they make you
feel kinda queasy!!!

Robert

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"Gonzalez" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Cateye TL-LD1000.

With 10 LEDs it's bright enough, but the 600 is more likely from your
description.

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.
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Simon M.

Succorso said:

Tom @ NSCycle said:

It wasn't me, but maybe aCateye TL-LD600 ?

They're really very bright and about that size....

Ah yes, I use two of those - one flashing, attached to the seat post,
and one steady on the offside of the pannier rack.

I'll see your two TL-LD600 (one at the top of the headrest post, one
near the bottom, both flashing), and raise the BS one (home-made
bracket on the rearmost offside rod of the pannier rack, steady).

I suppose I could switch on the dynamo and have the B&M toplight
across the back of teh rack as well, but I don't unless I've forgotten
the battery for the lumis on the front.

Plus reflective strips on teh seat-back, around 1/3 of the
circumference of teh front wheels (so it strobes, you see), and on the
back of the panniers. Plus BS reflector on the cat-eye, BS legal
reflector on teh mudguard and DIN (or whatever they have) reflector
on teh toplight. Plus class 3 floursecent/reflective jacket (with
long sleeves) and reflective patches on teh helmet.

regards, Ian SMith
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Simon Mason said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

d.

Ian Smith said:

Plus reflective strips on teh seat-back, around 1/3 of the
circumference of teh front wheels (so it strobes, you see)

You won't be so smug when the driver behind you has an epileptic fit and
careers out of control into the back of you. 😉

d.

davek said:

Ian Smith said:

Plus reflective strips on teh seat-back, around 1/3 of the
circumference of teh front wheels (so it strobes, you see)

You won't be so smug when the driver behind you has an epileptic fit and
careers out of control into the back of you. 😉

No, but on the basis of typical rush-hour drivers I meet each day, one
having any sort of seizure and failing to attend to the direction of
the vehicle is no more likley to collide with me than many of the
others.

The stuff on teh wheels was what made the biggest single difference.
Before that, cars often used to cut in tight - I think they were
driving round teh light at the back of teh rack (after all everyone
knows bikes are a zero-dimensional stationary point feature). Some
were cutting very close to the wheel as they pulled in when nearly
past. The strobing reflective stuff on teh rims seems to make them
drive round teh widest part of my vehicle, rather than teh narrowest
extreme point.

Oh, and in teh original list I forgot the reflective stuff on teh
flag.

regards, Ian SMith
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

Oh no - poor blinded cagers! Consider it bought (when I have a spare £30
<chokes> lying about.

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Simon Mason said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

They'll be just right with my NiMH cells then!
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Simon M

"Mark Thompson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

Oh no - poor blinded cagers! Consider it bought (when I have a spare £30
<chokes> lying about.

Someone baulked when I told them that the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyre on my
hybrid's rear wheel was 23 quid. I said imagine you are riding to work in
winter at 0600 and you get a puncture on a cheap tyre. Do you think "Oh
well, at least I've saved myself 15 quid" ?

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Simon M.

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Simon Mason said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

It's just arrived now. Not bad at all - you can have steady and flashing
leds all in the same lamp.
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Simon M.

Simon Mason said:

Someone baulked when I told them that the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyre on my
hybrid's rear wheel was 23 quid. I said imagine you are riding to work in
winter at 0600 and you get a puncture on a cheap tyre. Do you think "Oh
well, at least I've saved myself 15 quid" ?

Yeah, because Schwalbe City Jets are 15 quid cheaper.

Brian said:

Ian, what is the stuff which you have used on the front wheel? The
Halflords own brand wheel reflector is not really all that effective (and
it looks like it will fall off soon), so I may try some of this reflective
stuff around the wheel.

I wondered about that too. Halfords sell sheets of little silver
stickers (five quid!!!!) which look almost ideal, but they seem to have
a rough finish so may lose their reflective properties when wet.

"Mark Thompson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

Oh no - poor blinded cagers! Consider it bought (when I have a spare £30
<chokes> lying about.

How about poor blinded cyclists? AUK presumably involving riding in groups
at night.

cheers,
clive

"Mark Thompson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I just ordered a TL-LD1000 today.

A few people on the AUK mailing list have said they are /too/ bright!

Oh no - poor blinded cagers! Consider it bought (when I have a spare £30
<chokes> lying about.

How about poor blinded cyclists? AUK presumably involving riding in groups
at night.

cheers,
clive