Rear Lights

[BAtoo]

Having got the CREE T6-LED Light or the front what does the team recommend/use for the rear??

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Smart

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Smart-Lunar-R1-Rear-Light-1-Watt_39824.htm

 

[PeteXXX]

Lots....
Both flashing and static

 

[buggi]

i use cateye plus another but can't remember the name

 

[slowmotion]

A couple of Blackburn Mars 4.0s won't break the bank and work well for an urban commute. Most importantly, they won't fall off.......HELLOOOOO CATEYE!

 

[Keith Oates]

Another vote for Cateye here and so far none have fallen off, not even in Slowmotion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fossyant]

Blackburn Mars 3.0 and 4 The new 3.0 no longer needs a screwdriver to get to the batteries. I'd still be using my 4.0 if I hadn't broken the case by accident.

Smart R2 are good although a little prone to moisture ingress (silicone grease the joints). RSP Astrum also good, but I've had two brackets fail through road vibration.

Moon do some crackers also - not too expensive and very bright !

Top end is the Hope District or Dinnote 400R = expensive.

I'm running 2 C&BSeen rear lights - they run off the same batteries as the T6 lights and are about £30 each. Well worth the money and insanely bright. Lots of options with flash settings. They are juice hungry though, so regular battery recharges needed. Also Magicshine 818 are very bright.

 

[SquareDaff]

Moon Comets! Wonderful rear lights. USB rechargeable, cheap and bright like no tomorrow!!!!!

 

[Davidc]

The golden rule at the back is to always have at least 2 good lights. You can't see them once you're riding and if one fails the other keeps you visible and legal.

Round-town bike has a dynamo Smart + Smart R1 (very bright) + Smart superflash (bright and obsolete)

Tourer - used a lot on unlit country roads - dynamo B&M Toplight + 2 Blackburn Mars 4 (very bright)

I used to use all Smart battery lights but the clips have broken on several. Changed to the Mars as a result. Got them from here.

The Mars lights received plenty of compliments from other riders on the overnight EE ride in August so they seem to work.

fossyant mentions silicone grease on Smarts. I put a smear of silicone grease on the seals of all lights, dynamo system connections, and anything else electrical which might get damp or wet, front and back. I've never had a water problem with any of it.

 

[Kies]

Moon Comets! Wonderful rear lights. USB rechargeable, cheap and bright like no tomorrow!!!!!

This ^

 

[HLaB]

I don't think you can go far wrong with back lights these days without needing to break the bank. In recent years I've ran Blackburn Mars 3, 4 and Flea and Smart Superflashes and not been unhappy with them for the price,

 

[BAtoo]

Thanks all for the advice; found a Smart at the LBS and gone for that,, it'll be the main flasher with the existing little one as the legal constant.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I have two of these on the back of the work-bike

One constant, the other flashes.


http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Smart-1-2-Watt-Rear-Light_50019.htm

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Phaart lights are every bit as good as Smart at a fraction of the cost.

GC

 

[HLaB]

Phaart lights are every bit as good as Smart at a fraction of the cost.

GC

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