Eric In the great scheme of things, $30 for a light IS cheap, especially if you want anything that's practical to see the road with. In urban situations where there are street lights, one can see the street by the light of street lights - sort of. But the real danger is not being seen by other vehicles like cars and other cyclists. For that a light must be used. Anything that is non-reflective and darker than a light gray would be nearly invisible except as a silhouette. As such, I have a $100 light to see the road and potholes and a small $12 blinking light on my helmut to be seen by others. Not to mention reflectors, reflecting strips, and tail lights. I'm spooked and angered by stealth cyclists and I prefer not to be one. My safety is worth more than $30 dollars.
Darryl --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Eric Westhagen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Eric Westhagen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Finding opportunity from crisis? (Bikie attack) > To: "Meiers, Steve" <[email protected]>, "BikiesSubmissions" > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 12:05 PM > Topic: bike lights > > We have discussed bike lights from all sides in previous > years. And > nobody should venture out at dusk or later without a red > light for their > own protection. But the lack of a focused white light > seems more of a > question as far as bike to bike accidents are concerned, > and these white > lights seem not as cheap as has been implied here. Maybe > there are > cheap white lights, but I have not seen them myself. I do > know that my > model of light, the Cateye Opti-cube is a $30-$40 light, > depending on > where one buys it. Are there actually cheap focused lights > for sale at > Madison bike shops? My Cateye, cost $30 something at a > Seattle bike > shop and it was in the $40 range listed "on > line." Before one promotes > white lights at a give away status, some cheaper source of > reliable, > well focused lights must be found. Does anybody have a > suggestion? > > Eric Westhagen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
