Four days!

On Apr 24, 12:57 pm, DeF ""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"
wrote:
How do PBK do it? Ordered 20/4/07, arrived
24/4/07. Do they have some special deal to
get the blue parcels special priority? How
come the other UK shops can't match this?

They've beaten ayup lights, I ordered mine last w'end, and not here
yet!

Halcyon wrote:
DeF wrote:
How do PBK do it? Ordered 20/4/07, arrived
24/4/07. Do they have some special deal to
get the blue parcels special priority? How
come the other UK shops can't match this?

DeF
Chain Reaction Cycles, http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Default.aspx
are just as fast and have a larger range. Irish I think.
Halcyon

Larger range in some respects (more MTB stuff) but no Campagnolo!
Also, based on my quick random survey, they seem a little more
expensive.

Luckily for all of us, there are plenty of options. I've even
got stuff from this mob in the past:
http://www.xxcycle.com/

DeF

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On Apr 27, 12:41 pm, Bleve wrote:
On Apr 24, 12:57 pm, DeF ""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"
wrote:

How do PBK do it? Ordered 20/4/07, arrived
24/4/07. Do they have some special deal to
get the blue parcels special priority? How
come the other UK shops can't match this?

They've beaten ayup lights, I ordered mine last w'end, and not here
yet!



For the record, they (my ay-up lights) arrived yesterday. They're
very nice, the stem attachment is particularly well designed, the only
thing missing is an on-off switch.

Bleve Wrote:

For the record, they (my ay-up lights) arrived yesterday. They're
very nice, the stem attachment is particularly well designed, the only
thing missing is an on-off switch.

For the record and off the topic, would be interested to know if you
recommend them. I'm looking at buying a set of lights for my bike and
the CFO's bike. Budgetry approval is complete.

I'd be interested to see your thoughts.


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parawolf

On May 1, 1:19 pm, parawolf parawolf.2pv...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Bleve Wrote:



For the record, they (my ay-up lights) arrived yesterday. They're
very nice, the stem attachment is particularly well designed, the only
thing missing is an on-off switch.

For the record and off the topic, would be interested to know if you
recommend them. I'm looking at buying a set of lights for my bike and
the CFO's bike. Budgetry approval is complete.

I'd be interested to see your thoughts.

I've only just put them on my wet weather roady, haven't actually used
them yet. I was most attracted to the handlebar mount, which is the
best of any I've seen in terms of not getting in the way. I have my
computer on my stem, which does cause an issue with the velcro-on
battery but I suspect that's an unusual case. If your stem is clean
and at least 70mm long it should fit beautifully.

The design choice to make the light and battery easy to remove is a
blessing. It's great for avoiding stuff getting nicked. You do have
to remember to take the bits though, if you're planning (or it just
happens!) to be out after dark.

Not having a switch is a pain because to turn the light off, you have
to remove the lamps and battery pack, or have a live wire flapping
around and a plug and a socket that can get crap in them. I think it
can be tucked into the strap, but that's still messy. I understand
the decision, switches are chronically unreliable, but it's still a
PITA. It is easy to remove both, except if you have a populated stem.
I might have to hack into my velcro strap so it doesn't foul on my
computer mount (Sigma BC1200). If you were trying to set it up at
night in the dark you'd need a torch or a decent moonlit night, no
'grope for the switch' here.

I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy
and robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ). Compared to the "seeing"[1] lights we sell in the LBS,
the ayup is great value and I think, a better solution than most I've
seen in terms of mounts. I'm going to see if it's possible to sell
them through the shop, as they're really good.

[1] seeing lights - ie: see where you're going, as opposed to 'be
seen' lights, which are generally LED flashers.

Bleve Wrote:
I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy and
robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ). Compared to the "seeing"[1] lights we sell in the LBS,
the ayup is great value and I think, a better solution than most I've
seen in terms of mounts. I'm going to see if it's possible to sell
them through the shop, as they're really good.

[1] seeing lights - ie: see where you're going, as opposed to 'be
seen' lights, which are generally LED flashers.

Bingo, thats what I would hope you were going to say. Happy to stand
behind the product and sell 'em. Good enough for me.


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parawolf

Bleve Wrote:

I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy
and robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ).

I'd be interested to compare the light output with my home built Cree
XR-E single LED light (previously it used a Luxeon III).


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ghostgum

On May 1, 3:30 pm, ghostgum ghostgum.2pw...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Bleve Wrote:



I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy
and robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ).

I'd be interested to compare the light output with my home built Cree
XR-E single LED light (previously it used a Luxeon III).

I don't have the facility to test either of them in any sort of non-
subjective manner. What sold me on the ayup was the handlebar/stem
mount. I can get lights wholesale, I didn't get this one because it's
cheap (although it is ....). I don't have the time to spend making my
own, nor the skills with electronics to make something that won't fry
a lamp or chew batteries up

On 2007-05-01, Bleve (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy
and robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ).

Ooh, now here's an etiquette question to back up that one about tubes
earlier this year.

What do you do about lending halogen lamps out to friends, and one
blows? They will blow anyway, on average once in 100 hours. The
person who it blows on is just unlucky -- you can't expect them to pay
the full cost of an (expensive! I haven't replaced my nightflux 5w
one yet, because I have only been to one bike shop in 6 months, and
that one tried to sell me a cateye bulb for $50, for what amounts to
an overvolted 4.5v MR11 halogen bulb, $2 from stores somewhere on teh
intarweb) new bulb just because they happened to be the one it blew
on. But I'm not about to volunteer to replace the expensive globe
that I am not using!

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On 2007-05-01, ghostgum (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Bleve Wrote:

I'm very impressed by the construction of the thing, it seems sturdy
and robust, and the 2 3w luxeons seem significantly brighter than my
old 10w halogen Vistalite (now residing in the 'lend to friends'
bucket ).

I'd be interested to compare the light output with my home built Cree
XR-E single LED light (previously it used a Luxeon III).

I'm just looking for MR11 sized 5W and upwards LEDs that can just be
plugged into my niteflux. They exist, but price seems to be $50
(however, lifetime = 50 times that of a halogen). Still looking...

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TimC
Computer screens simply ooze buckets of yang.
To balance this, place some women around the corners of the room.
-- Kaz Cooke, Dumb Feng Shui