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Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 17 Dec 2013, 9:35am
by squeaker
sreten wrote:Uphill at low speed I will hug the kerb. Its all pretty obvious.
Not to me it isn't! That's a classic way of encouraging a close pass
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 17 Dec 2013, 9:44am
by squeaker
SA_SA_SA wrote:.....or just a larger evenly illuminated area (eg like a B&M linetec Topline or more so: I would prefer the entire area of that lamp to illuminated (thus lamp size increased by the area of its reflector).
Like
one of these? IIRC Velovision reviewed one a few years ago (still on one of Peter's bikes, I think) but, at 4"x6" with 4 AA batteries and no simply rack mounting, not something that tempted me.
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 17 Dec 2013, 11:49am
by SA_SA_SA
Its a nice size but not quite as evenly illuminated as I meant i.e. there are 18 LED dots unlike an oldfashioned car lamp with prisms/diffuser.
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 17 Dec 2013, 1:14pm
by mjr
Vorpal wrote:... I doubt that most drivers will take much account of the actual speed. But it does two things that I like. One is that it may help drivers (even a few!) realise that I'm not going 2 mph. The other is that it works as a brake light, getting brighter as the speed goes down. I would *love* to have a brake light. I'm quite cautious about stopping suddenly in traffic because of nearly being hit from behind a few times.
I'm not sure. I fear that some drivers will see it as a challenge to see how much they can make riders speed up by stalking them.
As for braking,
http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1005/ ... -80mm.html seems a better bet but I've not nearly been hit from behind as far as I can recall, so I'm not a good reviewer.
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 5:09pm
by K.S.G.
It would make much more sense if it were on the back and front of cars. I don't think there would be any advantage of putting one on a bike for anything other than novelty value.
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 5:42pm
by [XAP]Bob
I'm considering EL tape as a replacement or accompaniment to my retroreflective tape.
Big, even illumination, I suspect insufficient brightness though...
And getting dynamo power might be interesting...
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 6:07pm
by squeaker
Vorpal wrote:I would *love* to have a brake light.
For a few dollars more....
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 6:13pm
by edocaster
Drake wrote:Not to convinced about all the gimicky bits . . but a rear lamp that size seems sensible to me.
Problem is, if you constantly do 11mph, visibility drops somewhat.
88mph would be good! But then you'd need a flux capacitor...
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 6:23pm
by mjr
OK, did anyone else forget after a while it was in the US and then think "they could be a lot safer if they weren't on the wrong side going around that bend?"
That light looks like it's too slow-flashing/dim in its non-braking mode to be used as your only tail light and I think going from dim/slow flash to lit up like that is a bit confusing because it's surprising. I had a similar problem watching the ladder-in-a-pickup example suddenly showing a red light - I suspect I'd spend at least a moment going "what the heck?" rather than reacting to the truck brake lights.
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 18 Dec 2013, 9:27pm
by SA_SA_SA
Re: Does this rear light make sense?
Posted: 19 Dec 2013, 11:16am
by squeaker
Neat (
review here): I feel my wallet twitching
