Lights and other winter stuff

If you hit heavy rain, you WILL get wet with shower-proof trews. Overshoes help, but again, same
as above applies; try some porell dry socks, great when it's cold & wet, they keep your feet
warm & dry.

Don't know much about lights, but the new bright LED ones do seem to last quite a long time compared
to standard lamps. It depends whether you want to be seen, where any reasonable lamp will do, or to
actually have good visibility of the road etc itself, in which case you'll need some powerful
headlight(s), like cateye ABS or Lumicycle.

Or, you could have a go at making some yourself if you are reasonably DIY & electrically proficient.

Niv.

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As i've decided to continue biking to work over winter i've been investigating a decent set of
lights and appropiate clothing

So far i'm looking at the Cateye ABS 20 on sale at wiggle for £66 , it seems to be quite good
value as its apparently orignally £100, is there anything around to beat this for the price ? and
how easy is it to get spares ? i.e. aditional mounting kit for my road bike (additional are the
cateye EL 300 LED lights actually any good ? compared to the ABS that is)

Looking at over trousers they seem pretty expensive, there a pair on sale at gearshift.co.uk for
half price, £16, but they are "shower proof" whats the definition of shower proof compared to
water proof. As ive only got a 15 minute ride to work will shower proof do me ?

Lastly what are the best bargains to be had with overshoes ? and do they actually keep your
shoes dry ?

Thanks in advance

Andy

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As i've decided to continue biking to work over winter i've been investigating a decent set of
lights and appropiate clothing

So far i'm looking at the Cateye ABS 20 on sale at wiggle for £66 , it seems to be quite good
value as its apparently orignally £100, is there anything around to beat this for the price ? and
how easy is it to get spares ? i.e. aditional mounting kit for my road bike (additional are the
cateye EL 300 LED lights actually any good ? compared to the ABS that is)

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Andy said:

So far i'm looking at the Cateye ABS 20 on sale at wiggle for £66 , it seems to be quite good
value as its apparently orignally £100, is there anything around to beat this for the price ? and
how easy is it to get spares ? i.e. aditional mounting kit for my road bike (additional are the
cateye EL 300 LED lights actually any good ? compared to the ABS that is)

The EL300 is OK for an emergency light but I prefer the non-opticube ones like the EL100. Not
so good for seeing where you are going but much better for being seen and a good emergency
backup to carry

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Looking at over trousers they seem pretty expensive, there a pair on sale at gearshift.co.uk for
half price, £16, but they are "shower proof" whats the definition of shower proof compared to
water proof. As ive only got a 15 minute ride to work will shower proof do me ?

Depends how much of a downpour it is but most of them you get wetter from the sweat inside than you
do from the rain outside. I prefer to wear cycling longs and just let them get wet. Overtrousers are
a bit of a faff IMO

Tony

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As i've decided to continue biking to work over winter i've been investigating a decent set of
lights and appropiate clothing

So far i'm looking at the Cateye ABS 20 on sale at wiggle for £66 , it seems to be quite good
value as its apparently orignally £100, is there anything around to beat this for the price ? and
how easy is it to get spares ? i.e. aditional mounting kit for my road bike (additional are the
cateye EL 300 LED lights actually any good ? compared to the ABS that is)

These are on ebay

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Or, you could have a go at making some yourself if you are reasonably DIY & electrically
proficient.

Niv.

I'm looking to have a go at making some DIY 10w halogen lights, do you know of any FAQ's I could
have a look at for some ideas?

Cheers.
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I got a 12V, 10W, 35mm dia. sealed halogen lamp from Wickes for about £3, This slides very nicely
into their 1.5" (I think it was that size) waste pipe coupler, trimmed to just over half length; it
has an inner seam to stop the lamp going right thru'. Then push a short length of pipe up behind it
& hold in place with some self tappers. Make adisc for the rear end of the tubr & glue in place
aafter fitting switch & cable to lamp.

I haven't used mine for a long burn time, so not sure if the plastic is up to the heat, maybe some
vent slots would help?

I just use an oblong lead acid that fits into bottle cage, but am thinking of going NiMH. However,
I'm an electronic design engineer, so it's easy for me, not too sure how difficult this would be for
non-elec people.

Niv.

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Niv.

I'm looking to have a go at making some DIY 10w halogen lights, do you

know of

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I made some lights last winter - a bit of a waste really, as it hardly gets dark in the centre of
Cambridge! Anyway, I've put up a few photos at the following (very long ...) URL:

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They've been very effective - and certainly get you noticed.

Cheers,

Ben

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I'm looking to have a go at making some DIY 10w halogen lights, do you know of any FAQ's I could
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Ive made a smart charger as well but havent got round to creating that part of the page.

HTH

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I'm looking to have a go at making some DIY 10w halogen lights, do you know of any FAQ's I could
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The above has been writen with all the accuracy of a builders estimate.

Thanks Paul, good stuff.

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