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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    The Mars looks like a great taillight, at the time I chose the Cateye since it was the only taillight visible in daylight. And in the dark it puts out a mean bucket of light. With fresh batteries all objects nearby are covered in red, in the dark it projects a red glare on a brick wall som 16...
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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    As promised the pictures, it was freezing, and I did not feel like a frozen derailleur, so decided not to clean my bike, hence dirty pictures;) "] [URL="http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20090131131407aazj8.jpg"]
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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    In the weekend, when I clean all the muck and salt off my bike, I will try to take some shots of how the battery is mounted. It is a neat setup which I have used on several bikes, it looks like a stock solution, so most cyclists think they can buy it somewhere. They can't, but it's quite easy...
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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    @hit4six, The led spots are designed for interior use and when I built the set, it was a vast improvement over socalled super bright LED lights from the likes of Cateye. But I agree with you to see they aren't much good, but great to be seen, When I get home they light up my garden path...
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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    Eamon, The halogen I use is an MR16 and although the light is quite white while overvolted it burns through everything, wet asphalt, mud covered asphalt (farmers), oncoming headlights, you name it. The only downside is that it uses a lot of power and I would favor a narrower spot pattern...
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    Welcome to the world of commuting

    My name is Rob, I am a newbie who visites this great site regularly. I commute 30 miles daily on an MTB with slicks, so strictly on road use. Having been disappointed by factory lights, I built my own, two LED flood spots to be seen and one 35 Watts halogen overvolted to 14.4 Volts to see...

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