{"id":413,"date":"2010-12-11T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/2010\/12\/australian-made-bike-lights\/"},"modified":"2010-12-11T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T23:15:00","slug":"australian-made-bike-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2010\/12\/11\/australian-made-bike-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Made Bike Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let’s face it, Car drivers are morons. Not all of them but enough to make life on a bike a little risky. They barey concentrate on the task at hand as they pilot their 1 tonne beast through your streets and you’re lucky if they even see you. And that’s during the day. At night you’d be a mug if you didn’t light yourself up with something that can scorch the retinas off a flying fox.<\/p>\n
Also, when it comes to lighting I like something that can light up the trail, rather than just be seen. Tripping through back alleys, across fields, and along unlit bike trails is much more fun when you can light it up.<\/p>\n
To wit, I present to you some of the best options for bike lighting, and they all happen to be Australian.<\/p>\n
Ay-Up Lights<\/b>
Ay-Up make some of the best lights for commuting. Like most of the lights I’ll feature here, they multi-sport or mountain bike lights. They’re designed with enough power in mind to allow you to fly down singletrack at night. That kind of power might be considered overkill by many but I’m of the opinion that until car drivers spontaneously vaporize under the glare of your beams you don’t have enough power.<\/p>\n