On Aug 27, 1:25 pm, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Aug 27, 1:02 pm, Dan O wrote:



On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.

Thanks for the endorsement. I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)- Hide quoted text -

Dude, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, go down to Bike
Gallery TODAY! ALL shoes half-priced. I bought some new commuting
shoes -- just in time to avoid having to pay a cobbler to replace all
the Velcro on my old shoes. I may still have the old shoes fixed.
I'll give them to my jumbo-footed son.

Unfortunately, I don't (have money in my pocket). It's just a wish
list. And there's a whole need list above that. And the headlight
isn't even on top of the wish list (Ortlieb bags). Of course, about
the time I hit something significant that I should have seen in the
dark, the headlight will move up to the "need" list.

Speaking of hitting things that I should have seen, ever since I got
my prescription riding glasses, I seem to have had fewer flat tires.
(I try not to dwell on it so as not to wake the sleeping Murphy.) I
don't think it's so much that I am dodging objects, but am probably
seeing debris zones better and maybe picking a better line.