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Any advice about bicycle lights during night riding? I want to ride my bicycle to college and back during the fall semester. When I return home from college it will be during night time. Does anyone know a good battery operated, red bicycle light that I could purchase? While you're at it, is a miniature red police light on the rear rack of my bicycle legal? Wear a bright yellow jacket.

What are the best bicycle lights? I am looking to buy a front and rear light for my bicycle. What is the best one that follows the night bike riding around cities in California? Planet Bike Lights. The Planet Bike Blinky Super Flash Tail Light is almost blinding. If a motorist coming from behind you can't see this one - they are blind.

What are some bicycle lights companies? My friend has a sweet light on his beach cruiser. The emblem on it looks like a streched P . Name any brands if you have them beginning with the letter p Why not call or email your friend and ask. That way you are positive.

Why do the homeless in vancouver steal bicycle lights? I'm curious if they take them to use as flashlights or sell them somehow, or perhaps something I'm not realizing. You need something like that to:
(a) Find stuff in dumpsters at night.
(b) Something to light up that cardboard box they call a home.

is it illegal to have many bright lights on bicycle at night? is it illegal to have many bright lights on bicycle at night? many bright leds, or neon riding at night Not illegal to have bright lights so that you can be spotted, not so bright as you'll blind every driver coming your way. Common sense should prevail.

Bicycle lights, how to make it turn on while I pedal? I want to install car head lightsand rear lights to my mountain bike, it's a Gary Fisher. I have the front bicycle light from the local bike store, but it's not enough light if i want to ride on a busy road during the dark hours. How could hook up these lights on my bike, so when spring comes I can ride during dark hours? if you have any sites that had diagrams to show me or something on youtube or ehow or sumthing or describe it the best you can like most equipment, you get what you pay for. there are very good lights out there, but they arent cheap. the rechargable systems use battery packs that fit in your waterbottle holders and are bright enough to do what you want. they come with instructions to mount them, but they will cost you. i commute some when the whether is warm. i ride into work at 4am. i spent 150.00 on a good set of lights, but if you are going to do this, do it right.

Is it ok for me to have bicycle lights on my bicycle? Is it weird or gay to have bicycle lights on my bicycle. If you ride in the dark, it can be fatal not to have lights on your bike.
It's definitely not weird, and I've never known it to affect someones sexuality

Need good site that sells bicycle tail lights. Good ones like 5w or higher? Looking for tail light one that is 5W or higher nothing cheap or basic type of bike light (like something from a store) So can someone give me few names of lights or good web site that sells bicycle lights? Planet Bike Lights from your LBS (local bike shop) or Amazon.com.

If you go on youtube and look up things about bicycle lights. What things would u type up to find videos.? I've made few nice videos of my bicycle lights but I never get any views on them. So guess i need try some other tags than just "bicycle lights" and name of the video. So if you could plz give me some things you may look up or say i should use on my videos tags/ect.. you need views, likes, subscribers, comments etc eh?
Don't worry I will share with you all some tips in getting successful for your mission..
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4.Place it on your blog/website or tell your friends to put it on theirs.
5.Post it on digg, stumbleupon etc
6.You can post it on forums where there is free review service or post it on sites where you refer other's and get free views.
7.Make quality videos, get a good high definition camera if you are professional.
8.Put in nice descriptions to rank up higher.
9.Post short videos that are upto the point, not detailed ones so that more and more people watch it.
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Hope it helps!
Regards,
Knowledge-Sharer

Do halogen bicycle lights get very hot in use? I am researching halogen versus LED for a front light on a bicycle. I want the brightest possible light without spending a fortune. I understand that HID LED is as bright as, or brighter than, halogen but it is not always clear whether LEDs are the standard or the HID. There are several brightness/quality levels of both halogen and LED....HID so far just comes in one form (freakin' bright). If you want bright then you're going to have to spend some money. What you should probably do is decide how bright of a light you *need* and then go from there. I have two older halogen lights, a cheapie LED and an upper end LED, and an HID. HID blows them all away and it's great for fast riding/jumps on dirt trails. The other lights just aren't bright enough to ride really fast....but they're ok for normal riding and definitely fine for road rides.
There are lots of great new LED lights on the market now. Most of them are cheaper and brighter than the halogens. Very different, though. The halogens put off an orangey yellowish light whereas most LEDs have a bluish tint to them. Very high quality LED is a little more white, but not the same as the "sunshine" that HID gives off.
Until very recently there weren't any LED lights on the market that approached the light output of HID.....you can get a couple of them as of last year but the price is ginormous ($800+). You can get into a great HID for as little as $279 if you shop around (they usually run from $330 to $550). The normal range of "decent" LED lights is about $80 to $200 and halogen kits will be about the same. There are tons of cheapie LED lights out there from $10 to $50 but most of those are better for being seen in city traffic than for actual see-where-you're-going fast bike riding.
As far as heat, I'm not sure why that would be a question of yours. HID gets hot, but not too-hot-to-touch. Some LEDs also get hot but most are barely warm to the touch. Halogen falls somewhere in between but they can get hot, too, with the higher wattage units. The only concern with heat would be that you make sure you let the unit sit for a few minutes before you stuff it into a case or pack....this is good for the circuitry and starters in both HID and LED, and it may keep a hot light from melting the Snickers bar in your pack. :o)
So to answer your question about what the "standard" is, I don't think there is an answer. It's all about your needs. I think if you were to look at product availability and market share over the last few years then LED would appear to be the standard. If you look at 24hr mountain bike races and what most serious trail riders are using, then certainly HID would win. Try out as many lights as you can....if possible, do that on the bike rather than in a bike shop's dark closet. Many guys who ride at night have more than one light, so maybe you could hook up with some local riders to try out their lights and get some experience. Some bike shops will let you do this, too, but not many.
Also, go to http://www.mtbr.com and check out their head-to-head reviews of several lights on the market. A couple years ago they started this project and have added to it every year, trying to help people make sense of the confusing marketing in bike lighting, and trying to come up with some unified comparisons as to light output and useable light, etc.
Hope this helps some....night riding is a blast! If you need more, post up again, and have fun shopping. :o)
P.S. Winter, have you tried out something like the Black Diamond Spot headlamp? Super bright, and it's only a compact 3AAA model. It's better than any of the previous halogens I tried and it's my go-to for backpacking now. BD and other companies have some brighter ones that use more/larger batteries, some with a belt/body pack to keep them warm. There are several of them that can throw a very nice beam up to 60m, and a few that can go farther than that. I did read about someone in Iditarod last year who was using HID bike lights for his team. Lots of LED stuff out there up to the task, though. Just thought I'd share.

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