I'm fed up of people pulling out of side roads on me and I have come to the inevitable conclusion that the best way of avoid thing this is to run fiery beams ov molten deth on the front of my bike. At least that way, the buggers can't give me the "sorry love, I didn't see you" treatment when I'm lying on the floor.
My current setup on the commuting bike involves one of the new IQ Cyo lights from B&M, run off a SON hub which is by far and away the best dynamo driven bike light I have ever tried (and I've had a few, I can tell you). It's more than adequate for seeing where I'm going.
Next to that, I have my Fenix L2D light, set onto disco strobe mode. I've got to say, this little wonder is about the best way I have ever found of keeping the moron motons from pulling out on me. My commute is quite urban in parts and I have it aimed high enough that it draws the attention of anyone in its way. It lights up all the reflective roadsigns for at least 100 yards and close up, it's eyeball-meltingly bright.
But it's not enough. I want to be building myself a more powerful rechargeable system, probably based on the kit offered by Cutter, installed in a Lumicycle HID housing, driven by one of their high-capacity batteries.
What I want to know is, how do I get the same frequency of seizure-inducing, lunatic strobe with a kit like that? Will the Cutter kit cut it? How fast is the strobe mode?
I know that the UIB2 firmware installed in the bflex driver allows you to configure it to deliver a strobe, but just how fast is that strobe compared to my L2D? Can you tune the frequency in any way?
I appreciate that setting a high-output system like this to strobe mode is verging on the anti-social, but in Central London, where there's light everywhere, it's a tool that I want at my disposal to keep me safe.
Oh - and if anyone's built an MR11 kit from Cutter, could you let me know what you think of it? What kit did you get and what sort of output do you get from it? How quickly did it arrive from Cutter? (I know there's been some problems of late...)
Or should I be looking elsewhere?
Thanks in advance!
My current setup on the commuting bike involves one of the new IQ Cyo lights from B&M, run off a SON hub which is by far and away the best dynamo driven bike light I have ever tried (and I've had a few, I can tell you). It's more than adequate for seeing where I'm going.
Next to that, I have my Fenix L2D light, set onto disco strobe mode. I've got to say, this little wonder is about the best way I have ever found of keeping the moron motons from pulling out on me. My commute is quite urban in parts and I have it aimed high enough that it draws the attention of anyone in its way. It lights up all the reflective roadsigns for at least 100 yards and close up, it's eyeball-meltingly bright.
But it's not enough. I want to be building myself a more powerful rechargeable system, probably based on the kit offered by Cutter, installed in a Lumicycle HID housing, driven by one of their high-capacity batteries.
What I want to know is, how do I get the same frequency of seizure-inducing, lunatic strobe with a kit like that? Will the Cutter kit cut it? How fast is the strobe mode?
I know that the UIB2 firmware installed in the bflex driver allows you to configure it to deliver a strobe, but just how fast is that strobe compared to my L2D? Can you tune the frequency in any way?
I appreciate that setting a high-output system like this to strobe mode is verging on the anti-social, but in Central London, where there's light everywhere, it's a tool that I want at my disposal to keep me safe.
Oh - and if anyone's built an MR11 kit from Cutter, could you let me know what you think of it? What kit did you get and what sort of output do you get from it? How quickly did it arrive from Cutter? (I know there's been some problems of late...)
Or should I be looking elsewhere?
Thanks in advance!
