Okay...So What's A Good Tail Light?

Richard B writes:

"Sorni" wrote in news:9kACf.2238$Jg.1167
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NYC XYZ wrote:

That L&M Arc Li-Ion Ultra is the best head light, hands down. But how
about tail lights? Or are they just the same?

Cheap blinkie.

Bill "same to you, buddy!" S.



I like the Cateye LD500-RC.

I had the Cataeye LD500-RC. And let me tell you, it sucks beanie
babies left and right, up and down. When I got out of the hospital
after being rear ended one evening, i started using a different light:

http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/medium/VO-604.gif

The vista 5-LED "Nebula" is my favorite. You can get red or white.
After getting rear-ended by a colorblind driver (who had a hard time
seeing a green flashing light at night), i switched to white.

These are the recommendations for portable, on-body lights. If you
want an on-bicycle light, then something like NiteRider is probably
the best.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

Best one I've found is the Cateye TL-LD1000, 2 rows of flashing lights

http://www.cateye.com/en/products/vi...d=7&subCatId=4



"Donald Gillies" wrote in message
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Richard B writes:

"Sorni" wrote in news:9kACf.2238$Jg.1167
:

NYC XYZ wrote:

That L&M Arc Li-Ion Ultra is the best head light, hands down. But how
about tail lights? Or are they just the same?

Cheap blinkie.

Bill "same to you, buddy!" S.



I like the Cateye LD500-RC.

I had the Cataeye LD500-RC. And let me tell you, it sucks beanie
babies left and right, up and down. When I got out of the hospital
after being rear ended one evening, i started using a different light:

http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/medium/VO-604.gif

The vista 5-LED "Nebula" is my favorite. You can get red or white.
After getting rear-ended by a colorblind driver (who had a hard time
seeing a green flashing light at night), i switched to white.

These are the recommendations for portable, on-body lights. If you
want an on-bicycle light, then something like NiteRider is probably
the best.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

In article , says...
I had the Cataeye LD500-RC. And let me tell you, it sucks beanie
babies left and right, up and down. When I got out of the hospital
after being rear ended one evening, i started using a different light:

http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/medium/VO-604.gif

The vista 5-LED "Nebula" is my favorite. You can get red or white.
After getting rear-ended by a colorblind driver (who had a hard time
seeing a green flashing light at night), i switched to white.

Red-green colorblindness is grounds for being denied a driver's license
in many jurisdictions. How did this fool who hit you get one?

--

__o Kristian Zoerhoff
_'\(,_
(_)/ (_)

Mike Rice wrote:

Here's another vote for the Cateye LD 1000. Each row of lights has
five very bright LED's, and two of the five face the sides. Each row
has it's own control, so you can have them flashing at differently,
makes a strong effect. And the side lighting is bright enough that I
always can tell that the light is working. I think this is the best of
the LED technology.

Indiana Mike

There are a few other LED blinkers with side mounted LEDs now, but I
haven't actually seen them in use. The Cateye LD1000 is very widely used
around my area by commuters. Probably because CatEye does a better job
in terms of distribution than Trek, Specialized, or Blackburn.

I have all of the good LED blinkers on the taillight page of the bike
lighting site: "http://nordicgroup.us/s78/taillights.html"

One good thing about the CatEye (not sure about the others) is that it
has mounting holes for the rear racks that have the little tab for
taillight mounting.

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:51:59 -0600, Mark Leuck wrote:

Best one I've found is the Cateye TL-LD1000, 2 rows of flashing lights

http://www.cateye.com/en/products/vi...d=7&subCatId=4




I have been riding in the dark every night all winter with the Cateye
TL-LD1000 - with one line blinking and one with steady light, and I feel
that car- and truck-drivers show me a lot of respect. I also wear
reflecting bands around each leg and a LED-lit band around my left arm.

I feel confident that every driver has seen me from a long distance. And
it feels like they pass me with a bigger security distance, than cars do
at daytime.

I can't be sure the Cateye TL-LD1000 is the best in the world, but I think
it is good enough.

Ivar of Danmark



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