lights for night riding

[Ziggy]

TTT & homebrew halogen FTW! 

Finally found a tesco with some in stock & they're great, but not quite as bright as a 50W halogen running at 14.4v instead of 12v...

[rapiddescent]

just got my USE Exposure MaxxD,


I've stuck my mobile phone in to show the size of these units - there's no wires - which is a big plus when you're crashing through trails like I do!

very very bright.

regards
callum
rds

[Colin]

Hi Callum,
Just fired up my "Enduro copy" light last night, and I think I've still got arc-eye 'cos I was leaning over it as I connected the croc-clips! {720 Lumens!}

I've got a whopper of a heatsink on it, but it still got just a little too hot to touch after running for a good while, this was at 1A and stationary, in use I am relying on the flow of air to keep it cooler and I do have two step down options of running it at 250mA and 570mA to conserve battery life and produce less heat...........but enough of my ramblings...........

........my question is how hot does the case of the Enduro get in use at full power and stationary?
On a technical scale of.......Cold, Hand Warm, Toasty, and Ouch!

Have you ever opened it up? I'd love to see the internals.

Thanks
Col.

[rapiddescent]

I've just sold the enduro - I hand it over to one of my fellow Stirling Bike Club members tomorrow so I won't take it to bits!  However, I frequently used it as a torch so it never got hot at all.  Just a little warm.  Nothing like my lumis that would cause steam when water hit them!

It is pretty cold here - I'm due to go out on mon or tuesday night for a ride and it will be about -4'C (at altitude) with a little windchill on top.  Can't wait to do some more ice riding.  It means the hills round here in Scotland .are totally rideable because they are rock hard.

callum
rds

[rapiddescent]

Guess which riders where using LEDs and which were using Halogen?  This was our club ride up the ice and snow covered Dumyat hill in Stirling, Scotland - it's about 850ft high  one of the best rides of my life as it happens.  the pic was taken from my mobile phone...