Re: Need lights and a Lock

John wrote:
"Paul Boyd" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4728d495$0$21094$da0feed9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 31/10/2007 18:52, John said,

Just been told my bike (Trek 4500) has arrived at Halfords (cycle2work scheme). I now have £60 to spend (under the scheme) on security and safety via Halfords vouchers and want to get a decent lock and lights for the bike.
£60 for lights and lock? That's pushing it! Anyway, can we assume not dynamo lights? What sort of riding at night will you be doing - dark country lanes or bright street lights? How much time will you spend riding in the dark? Just to get an idea what sort of lights/lock proportion to spend your money on, based on a lock being around 10% minimum of the bikes value.

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Paul Boyd
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Probably most street lights and hopefully 3-4 hrs per week... As the bike cost £400, then the lock is £40, thus leaving £20+ for lights. You are right, no dynamo lights....

Remember, it has to come from Halfords as that the old place I can spend the vouchers...

It depends on where you lock it up, you want something like a magnum u-lock (35ukp) to lock the rear wheel, through the frame to a fixed object, and cable lock to lock the front wheel to the frame..

For your use, get LED lights.

For the rear light you want a cateye LD600:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_199547_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31362_crumb_33980_parentcategoryrn_31362

With a white LED for the front.

This will come in at about 80-90 pounds.

Also in the long term you should be looking at getting a pump, spare inner tubes, puncture repair kit, tyre levers, and mini-tool.


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