| Re: Lamps for Road Bike
In article <7pcof09ms7rul60vs4e0c6dnm2l3gi960g@4ax.com>,
"Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com> writes:
> On 19 Jul 2004 15:44:12 -0500, Frederic Briere <fbriere@fbriere.net>
> wrote in message <40fc31e5$0$11361$45beb828@newscene.com>:
>
>>IMHO, all rear lights do a fine enough job.
>
> Gotta disagree. I use Busch & Muller 4D Toplights as reflector &
> lamp, and have one or two Cateye TL-AU100 in flashing mode for backup.
> And on the back of my bike bag, a RealLite :-D
>
> The B&M has LEDs in the edges for all-round visibility, and the Cateye
> does that, too. Smaller oval rear LEDs don't work half as well. The
> old VistaLight rectangular ones used to be quite good.
A foggy, moonless night is a good test of the efficacy
of lights. Just get a friend/associate to take your bike
down a ways from you (doesn't necessarily have to actually
ride it -- maybe just walk it down the sidewalk,) and see
how well your lights perform from various distances and angles.
Frank Krygowski has previously mentioned what a good idea it
is to get a real, first-hand view of the visibility of your bike,
as an onlooker. I whole-heartedly agree with that approach,
because then you absolutely /know/ what you look like to others.
It sounds like you've already done this test. I'm just reiterating
this stuff for the benefit of other people wondering about how
good their lights are.
The sagery is: don't ask; just see for yourself.
And IME, the cheapest blinkies, while they are perhaps technically
legal,don't emit enough light to the sides. Same as too-small,
cheap reflectors.
cheers,
Tom
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