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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I always carry lights with me when riding. If I'm parking somewhere safe, like my garage at home or our locked bike room at work, then I'll leave lights attached.
If I'm at the shops then I lock the ...
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Dynamo light with replaceable cables
Buy the light you want regardless of whether the input wire is integral.
As long as some stub or remnant of the original wire is intact, you can make it as long as you want in the future by splicing ...
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head and tail light connected to a single battery?
All the head/tail lights on the market appear to have their own separate battery and separate switches
Not so.
There are battery-less lights that you can run from dynamo. Generally the rear light is ...
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head and tail light connected to a single battery?
I have ended up with a solution for this - I converted a front light that no longer held charge to run off a USB battery pack. At the same time I adapted a rear light to also run off 5V, and plug them ...
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Do hub dynamos with higher power output exist?
Actually a 3 W dynamo is mislabeled. It isn't 3 W. It is 0.5 A.
A hub dynamo is mostly a constant current device. The faster it rotates, the higher is the frequency and voltage of the alternating ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I think your question is two-fold, I will answer accordingly:
Is there a bikelight product which is very hard to steal?
As long as common fasteners (hex bolts, philips screw, etc...) are used to ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I personally use a helmet which has lights built in, but I've recently noticed that the same manufacturer has released detachable lights: Lumos Firefly. They attach magnetically to a mounting plate.
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I think it's a gross mistake that bicycle manufacturers generally fail to include lights that are powered by one of the main power sources of the bike.
For non-electric bikes, this means lights ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
Personally, I take lights if I'm going to ride in the evening: if I'm delayed because of a puncture or other reason, I prefer to ride safe home (I also have a light mounted on my helmet).
Hard to ...
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head and tail light connected to a single battery?
Supernova do a set of lights under the name 'Airstream 2' where the rear light is powered by the battery in the front light.
The front lights come in regular and upside-down configurations - the light ...
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Is there a bright bike light that is theft-resistant?
If you are willing to gum up a hex screw head and break of the tap of a quick-release mechanism you have some options.
Some lights come with a hard plastic or aluminium mount with a hex screw or it ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
On the road bike I have Trek/Bontrager Ion200+Flare RT which I have always mounted and always turned on (even during the day, they automatically turn on with my Garmin Edge and change mode depending ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
It depends on your location and the local crime level but in general lights that require a screw driver or similar tool to remove are much much safer from being stolen than lights you can remove with ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I use some very cheap lights which rarely gets stolen because they are so cheap
Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Light-Front-Rear-Silicone/dp/B0BL7C75MH/ref=sr_1_9?crid=...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
I have a hardshell lockable box on the pannier rack. It is heavier but holds against the rain very well. Another benefit, I can simply remove the lights that is easy and lock them in the box.
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Safety data: Which is safer, head/tail lights which blink or emit a steady beam?
Sanchises noted in a 2018 comment that…
There's also this 2008 study by the Dutch research institute TNO. It concludes a marginal increase in visibility for flashing front lights, but recommends ...
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head and tail light connected to a single battery?
I had something like this on my M5 recumbent. I had a bag behind the seat, where a ryobi 18V drill battery sat. I bought a clip-on USB adapter thinking it would be handy, but in the end never used ...
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Is there a bicycle light which is hard to steal or very portable?
Any light which you can carry on your person would be considered difficult to steal.
Any light which is left unattended with a similarly unattended bicycle, would be considered easy to steal, as ...
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Is there a bright bike light that is theft-resistant?
I'm not aware of lamps fulfilling these criteria in the price range you mention. There are MTB lamps that would fulfill the requirements, but their price is rather in the $200-$400 range (and while ...
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Do hub dynamos with higher power output exist?
Referring to the answers to an old question of mine one solution would be to run a hub dynamo and the best bottle dynamo you can buy.
Start with a standard hub dynamo setup with a top-of-the range ...
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head and tail light connected to a single battery?
I did that with a maintenance free lead battery like this one. It fits neatly under the bottom bracket where I secured it with an old inner tube which I pulled really tight and double-knotted. You use ...
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Best type/designation of 2-strand wire to buy in bulk for generator and ebike lights
For wire size - have a look at this question -
What gauge wire is used for dynamo hubs and lights?
Easy option is "twin core 22AWG speaker wire" - could look for 20AWG or 0.75mm (which is ...
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Dynamo light with replaceable cables
I did the same thing as you're asking, with my ( [Busch u. Müller Lumotec IQ Cyo Premium senso plus 1 ) and the Shimano Nexus dyno, and tail light.
What I did originally was hard wired my dynamo lead ...
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Where are light connector terminals on an E-bike?
It may depends from brand to brand, the only way to find it being to look at the technical documentation.It is however very likely that it will be on the motor unit itself (but may not be at an ...
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Where is the Shimano e-tube project light connection setting?
I just tried this method in late November 2023, and I believe that it may no longer be viable. Once the latest updates to the motor firmware have been made the V3.4.3 E-Tube app will no longer be able ...
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