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Why just wear a plain ol’ bike helmet, when you can wear one with a built-in headlight, tail lights, turn indicators and brake light? That’s the thinking behind the new Lumos Ultra, which I recently had the chance to try out on real-world roads. Spoile… Continue reading Review: Light, bright Lumos Ultra bike helmet ticks a lot of boxes
In order to keep drivers from passing too close, some cyclists use bike-mounted foam “noodles” that extend out horizontally toward the traffic. The L-Bow takes that concept a step further, by applying it to a tail light.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl… Continue reading Bendable bike light made to give cyclists some space
While there are now quite a few turn-indicator bike lights on the market, their bar-mounted controls are just one more bit of clutter to manage. Eesen’s Shield tail light/turn indicator takes a different approach, as it’s activated with a turn of the h… Continue reading Bicycle turn-indicator tail light is activated by shoulder-checking
Although there are now many light-equipped bike helmets on the market, the Torch T1 was one of the first. Its makers have now returned to Kickstarter, with a model that features LED panels which can be removed as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl… Continue reading TorchONE bike helmet features removable light panels
It was just last week that we heard about the Otto, a simple-to-use bike tail light with some “smart” features. Well, the unrelated Luislight L300 could be considered the Otto’s headlight equivalent.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: bi… Continue reading Carbon fiber bike light powers up with a magnetic mount
Like a lot of other “smart” products, smart bike lights can sometimes be annoyingly complicated to operate. The Otto tail light is designed to be different, in that it does have some clever functions, but you just set it and forget it.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Smart bike light makes a point of keeping things simple
While there are now a multitude of bicycle LED turn indicators on the market, most of them require riders to press buttons on a handlebar unit. Intended to make things simpler and safer, the ticc device is instead activated via head-tilts.Continue Read… Continue reading ticc turn indicator is triggered by tilts of a cyclist’s head
We’ve seen a few different head- and tail-light-equipped bike helmets over the past several years, and some of the things have looked pretty … flashy. The Faro is a bit different, though, in that it has a classier, more refined appearance.Continue Read… Continue reading Faro takes a subtle approach to light-up helmets
Bicycle headlights are now so bright that they can dazzle motorists, potentially (and ironically) causing those drivers to run into the cyclists who are using them. The Farina, however, is made to be bright without being blinding – plus it has some oth… Continue reading Bright bike headlight “flattens” its light output to reduce glare
A large percentage of automobile-bicycle collisions occur when a car hits a bike from behind. The UK-designed SureLight bicycle tail light was made with this in mind, as it actually warns motorists when they’re getting too close.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Proximity-sensing bike tail light warns encroaching drivers