A few weeks ago, Chris Cobb of BikeGlow sent us a sample of their bicycle safety lighting to test. I’ve had a chance to install it, play with it and ride several nights with it. Powered by two AA batteries, this light kit is comprised of a ten-foot length of EL wire and quick-disconnect battery [...]
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BikeGlow Bicycle Lighting — Review
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More Product Reviews Coming Soon
We’ve got a slew of new products that we’re in the midst of testing. Here are a few I’m working on: Pedro’s Tools Pedro’s sent us a pair of tools to test…the Vice Whip and the Trixie. The Vice Whip is a clever device intended to replace the pesky and cumbersome chain whip used to [...]
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Monkeylectric M133 LED Bike Light: First Impression
Back in July, the cool folks at Monkeylectric sent us a few of their M132 LED bike lights to try out. Moe wrote up an article about it then. I got an M132 in the mail in August and slapped it onto my Xtracycle. After one hard rainstorm, I had a “freak failure” when one [...]
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Planet Bike Superflash “Stealth”
By now, most of you are familiar with the highly-acclaimed Superflash rear blinkie made by the great folks at Planet Bike. This blinkie is widely regarded as the best AAA-powered rear bike light on the market, hands-down. There’s a new flavor being offered, though, for those folks out there who object to white bicycle components [...]
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Just Ask Jack — Lights At Night?
A reader sent in the following question: If you ride at night, what would you consider to be most important: 1. To be lit on the front 2. To be lit on the back 3. To be lit on the sides? My gut feeling tells me that if I only had one light to choose [...]
