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Aperitif

Aperitif

Meme bar
Location
...I don't have much idea - really.
BentMikey said:
I think they are Dinottes, the brightest taillights you can own. They outshine everything else by what seems like a factor of 10. Lazers of Deth is how bright they are.
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Retina busters! © User3143 :sad:

Foghat - lovely bike. I ride my (Probikekit?) bar end lights with the clear 'side window' facing sideways, not upwards. Any particular reason for your orientation?
 
Carbon

Carbon

Veteran
Location
Cheshire.
Finally finished customising my Boardman Team Carbon, now I know it comes from Halfords (queue mockery) but I was using our company cycle to work scheme so had a £1000 budget at Halfords and after much research and tests on Trek and Specialized at the same price point the Boardman was head and shoulders above the competition. I have to admit Halfords were poor but nothing an hour in my LBS couldn't cure....

Anyway 9 months later and one stone lighter (the whole point of the exercise was to loose some weight and get fitter) I have finished the upgrades I had in mind when I brought the thing..... You know how it is, once you start........

Replaced the Ritchey Comp seat post and stem with Ritchey WCS Carbon.
Replaced the Ritchey Comp bars with Ritchey WCS.
Replaced the Boardman saddle with a lovely Selle Italia SLR, what a relief!
Replaced the Shimano 105 cassette with a shorter Dura Ace 7800.
Replaced the Ritchey Pro wheels with Fulcrum 3 racing shod with GP4000S.

The wheels and cassette went on last week and had a first run out yesterday, just 22 miles but the difference was noticeable immediately, these wheels just seem to roll forever..........Love them!

Think I'm done now till something wears out......

Anyway just thought I'd share some pics:

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Foghat

Foghat

Freight-train-groove-rider
longers said:
It is!

I've not seen those rear lights before, what make are they please?
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As BentMikey says, the main rearlight is a Dinotte 400R. Purchased directly from the USA: http://www.dinottelighting.com/, with quite fast delivery.

Whilst there is a thunder-ray setting on the Dinotte, the dimmest setting isn't too blinding. I haven't used the light much yet, so can't report on its reliability etc, I'm afraid, but there is a thread on it at YACF.

The other light on the seatpost is a Supernova E3 Tail Light. This runs off the E3 Triple front dynamo light. I decided on a belt-and-braces set-up for the lighting system, as keeping track of the charging regimes for the Li-Ion and NiMh rechargeable batteries of the Lupine Betty and Dinotte is fraught with periodic mistakes and finding oneself undercharged (unless you recharge after every ride, which means the batteries don't get exercised enough and start developing memories - even though manufacturers claim they don't). Knowing you'll (theoretically) never be caught without lights when commuting where I do is a nice feeling!

The bar end lights were purchased from Wiggle several years ago, but don't seem to be available anymore. 'Nitezone' was the name, I think, but can't be sure. Trek appears to do some now, although I'm not sure of their availability either. I'm surprised they are not ubiquitous, or even popular, as they are quite bright for a single LED and very noticeable on flashing mode.
 
Foghat

Foghat

Freight-train-groove-rider
Aperitif said:
Foghat - lovely bike. I ride my (Probikekit?) bar end lights with the clear 'side window' facing sideways, not upwards. Any particular reason for your orientation?
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Thanks!

Top marks for attention to detail, Aperitif! ;)

I can assure you that every aspect of this bike is considered in fine detail, so it shouldn't surprise you that your question occurred to me and was addressed - although I really addressed it when I first purchased them several years ago.

The little window on mine is actually an observation window rather than a worthwhile illumination window - i.e. it is not at all bright, and its only purpose is to tell me whether the light is on or not (useful, as the left one has a tendency to turn off occasionally). I've found that more and brighter side illumination is provided by being able to see the LED itself from the side, which is facilitated by the orientation I have chosen. I''m surprised yours aren't the same, but I'm not familiar with Probikekit ones - are they still available?
 
Carbon

Carbon

Veteran
Location
Cheshire.
iGaz said:
Who fell over the mat in their slippers!!??

Nice bike BTW
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Don't tell the wife, I built a jump ramp for my son using the kitchen mat and her new slippers :angry:
 
Rob3rt

Rob3rt

Man or Moose!
Location
Manchester
Damn foghat, that commuter is immense! Super impressed.

All those cables (Im OCD with cables - cant stand to look at them) and items all over the bars etc would drive me insane though, I get pissed off at my singe front light mounting bracket, hehe!
 
hotmetal

hotmetal

Senior Member
Location
Near Windsor
MadoneRider1991 said:
its looking gd :tongue:

i hear you can get these bikes very light very quickly :tongue:
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Why thank you, kind sir!
Mine is already pretty light with full Record and Eurus, carbon bar & stem etc. I suppose I could take the dust caps off :smile: or get cables made of spider silk :laugh:
I weighed it and it comes in at about 16lb, or 7.2kg. It's me that needs to weigh less, not the bike!:smile::laugh:
 
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