02-09-2007, 07:04 AM
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| | Re: Busch & Mueller "Big Bang"---the ultimate bike light?
Prisoner at War wrote:
> On Jan 31, 3:40 pm, Pat Lamb <pdl678nos...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:59:05 -0500, Gooserider wrote:
>>> http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/bigbang.asp
>>> Wow. Looks very impressive. Ridiculously pricy, though. A grand for a bike
>>> light? Still, impressive technology.
>> Thinking about this on the way home last night; OK, your normal HID light
>> seems to run around $500. Is the precision optics for this really worth
>> another $500?
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> Yeah, I was wondering about that...the optics make it so that, what,
> oncoming traffic isn't blinded? Better peripheral vision??
That's what I was thinking. For $500, if I needed that bright a light
to begin with, I'd tilt the "cheap" one down.
> For $500 more than an Arc Ultra HID, it only lasts 4.5 hrs., too!
> Still, I applaud all development in this area...I'm surprised it's
> taken this long!
I guess you only need two batteries to get you through an audax night...
Pat
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