LexRides

[brokebike]

just picked up one of these and wanted to pass along a quick review.

I'd read many things about how awesome the original SuperFlash was, but honestly, I never cared for how it looked. I've always thought that if you're going to add something to your bike, it should at least look good no matter what other purpose it serves. The original version was white with a red plastic lens cover. Yuck! Looked cheap, but worked excellently. (in the bottom photo you can see the original version on the bike in the background)

Now they've come out with the "Stealth" version, which looks a million times better in the black and clear lens cover. While not obvious, the LEDs are still red, of course.

The light has two modes; flashing and steady. The flashing mode creates a super-spastic pattern that will send you into a seizure if you look at it for too long. One big ass, bright 1/2 watt LED and two smaller, flashing LEDs that are visible for up to 1 mile. Believe me when I say that this thing is CRAZY BRIGHT.
Light comes with a built-in clip for bags, plus two brackets that work for either your down tube, your seatpost or even your seat stays.
Runs off two AAAs... can't get much easier than that.

Retail price: $20. It's also important to note that PlanetBike donates 25% of their profits to bike advocacy.


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[mcrib]

I recently picked one of these because it got the brokebike seal of approval and then he goes and switches it up on me. I can't handle any more positive rear light reviews.
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[brokebike]

actually Drew, I got the new one as an auxiliary clip-on light for my bag. I still use the cuberider lights on pretty much every bike we own.
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[roller]

Lights have come a long way since AA honkers that were basically seat post reflectors that glowed.

Is this light focused too narrowly? The Sigma cuberider series has a staggered array of lights, so it's visible over 180° though not as brightly I'm sure. I've been looking at lights recently so I'm curious.

hey mcrib, you're in study, so your head is a red-hot frothing furnace...easily seen, so no worry about artificial lights.

[mcrib]

what did you call me
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[Ben]

I first bought the superflash blinky when I got my bike rolling. I thought it was very large and ugly, so I replaced it with a nog light. The superflash blinky sticks out and is ugly, but it is the most efficient rear light that I have ever seen. I have come to the conclusion to just keep the nog light on my bike and attach the superflash to my messenger bag. I feel safer by having two lights on anyway. Once the sun goes down then the drunk and stupid cover the roads, gotta be better prepared.

[roller]

Cuberider II uses 2xAAA. Agreed Ben- I admired the Planet Bike red blaster flasher for its impressive brightness, but it was just too big and it requires a screw down, though as mentioned it does have a belt-clip. If cuberider had a belt-clip, that'd be cool. I think the general assessment is that you can't have too many lights...but one can easily look like a dork, some more than others of course.

[chadwick2wheels]

Wait til you fools see the new tail light I've got on my townie. It's 4 inches wide and 3 inches tall (seriously). It looks like a car tailight from a distance, its older than I am.
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