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Lights - all shapes, all sizes!

We sell such a huge range of lights that it can be mind boggling trying to pick the one that suits your needs and budget, especially when all you have is a little picture of a light and a price tag - not much information to go by when you're deciding on something that will be keeping you safe when riding at night. So, we road-tested a whole bunch of them, so you can see how they all stack up!

Click here to see the road test results.

Although day-light saving is now upon us, meaning longer summer hours of an evening for that pleasant ride home, riding to work in the morning stills means starting off in the dark.

Good quality lights a few years ago meant handing over a small fortune to get something that actually did the job effectively. Paying what most people were prepared to spend on lights often gave little more in terms of brightness than a front light with rechargeable AA batteries, and it didn't take too long before even these began to dim and turn yellowish, rather than remaining a strong, white light.

However, like so many other areas of bicycle innovation, light technology has moved along in leaps and bounds in a very short period of time, and with a strengthening Australian dollar prices have become more affordable than ever. Powerful light sets favoured by commuters that used to retail around $400-500 are now sitting closer to $200, and - with advances in battery and LED technology - are often brighter than their predecessors.

But $200 still sounds like a lot to pay for a set of lights, I hear you mumble. Well, for many recreational-riders it is, and a cheaper, non-rechargeable front light is probably more than adequate for those odd occassions when you're caught out still coming home as the sun sets.

Commuters, however, appreciate the need to make themselves as visible as possible when on the roads amongst traffic. That couple of hundred dollars for a light you'll have for several years works out to be less than 50c a day for the piece of mind knowing that drivers can see you on the road, and will give you ample room.

Compare that with a train ticket at around $6.00 a day to stand in an over-crowded carriage in summer, and you'll see the value of that piece of advice! A little while back, we approached

Joe Kenwright - an avid cyclist, loyal customer, and reviewer for various car magazines - to road-test a series of LED light sets for us. Rather than repeat what he found, I'll let you read his article - The After-Dark Revolution - yourself. Well worth a read if you're in the market for a new set of lights.

You can see the full product range here also, and get further information on each light.

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