Planet Bike has front lights for about $15 and front-and-back sets for about $20. These won't illuminate the road like the $400 HID headlight they also sell at their website, but they will make drivers, bikers and pedestrians aware of your existence.
Brighter is better, I suppose, if you can afford it, but there's no excuse for riding at night in ninja mode. Robbie Webber wrote: > Missing the part about being able to use a $10 flashlight? And I have seen > plenty of regular bike lights in shops for less than $20. > > Sure, you can pay $200 for a bike light. Those are made for mountain > bikers > who race at night. And geez, you can pay $10,000 for a bike or $150,000 > for > a car, but that doesn't mean you have to spend that much to get workable > transportation. > > Some people spend $200 on a set of first rate panniers, while others carry > a > backpack. > > Some people ride to work in jeans in summer and snowmobiling pants in > winter, while others spend hundreds of dollars on special commuting > clothes. > > > Some of us feel we are willing to spend more to get more. Others are > perfectly happy with what's around the house. > > No big deal. > > The point was how much it would cost to give away lights. I'm going to > take > a guess and say that the wholesale unit price of bike lights given away is > between $5 and $10. > > Robbie > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Eric Westhagen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Group, >> >> At least the bike light discussion has attained reality. That light are >> not cheap--$30-$40-$60 and even $200 have now been mentioned! >> >> Eric >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
