At Bike Lights Review you will find detailed reviews and advice on choosing your perfect bike lights and other cycling related products. We’ve started by reviewing some of what we think are the best bike lights. If you have any feedback or requests for a specific bike light review, please let us know via the contact form. Recently added is a special offers page where we’ve listed some cycling related discount codes. We’ll keep updating it as and when we find new offers.
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Welcome to Bike Lights Review
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Corridor Bike Storage – Folding Handlebars
My long suffering wife and family have put up with my bike in the corridor for some time. Apart from the issues of mud and oil on the carpet the main problem is of course that the bike takes up so much room and it gets in everyone’s way as they go about their daily business. I messed around with small wheeled folding bikes for a while as a potential solution but ultimately I found them not as robust and slightly harder to ride than a regular bike for my 7 mile commute. One day as I was battling past the bike with four bags of groceries, I was thinking if only I could find a way of folding the handlebars out the way, the problem would be greatly reduced. So began my quest for a set of folding handlebars. -
Ortlieb Panniers Review
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been caught out on my bike in a few torrential downpours where I’ve turned up at work looking like an immersed rodent. I thought now would be a good time to write a few words about my panniers, the Ortlieb Back Roller classics. These ensure that while I might arrive soaked, I’ll be sure to always have a clean and dry change of clothes. -
Moon Shield 60 Review
I must admit I wasn’t expecting much from this light when I received a model for review. It’s pretty tiny and I was anticipating a correspondingly small light output from the diminutive package. I was wrong – It’s a great little rechargeable light capable of an insane light output, has a decent mounting bracket and great build quality and weather sealing. -
Schwalbe marathon winter tyre test
Back in September I picked up a pair of Schwalbe Marathon Winter tyres and put them to one side while I waited for the snow and ice to arrive. I was beginning to think it wasn’t going to happen this year so I put them in the loft a couple of weeks back. That small action was enough to kick sod’s law into action and about 3 days later I was seeing forecasts for a prolonged period of brass monkey bothering climate – so I retrieved the tyres and fitted them last week. -
Blazewear Heated Gloves Review
Over the last few years I’ve struggled to keep my hands warm when cycling on the colder winter mornings. In my early days of cycle commuting I only had a 3 mile ride which wasn’t too bad as I wasn’t out for long enough to get chilly. Since my trip is now 7 miles each way, when the temperature gets any lower than about 5° C my fingers really start to suffer. For a few winters I went through all manner of cycling gloves to try to solve the problem but nothing really helped for the freezing cold days. Last winter someone suggested I try a pair of Blazewear Heated Gloves. I’ve now had them for a little over a year. Read More -
Ronhill Trackster Review
Ronhill Trackster Origin
Back in September I started a mini-series on cycling trousers when I tried out the DHB roubaix tights and the Altura Winter Cruisers. It’s now time to finish what I started and round up the series with a quick look at some boggo standard tracksuit bottoms to see how they compare.
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Bike lights and wireless cycle computers
I had an email from a reader about a month ago enquiring about an issue he had with his new Smart Lunar 35 lux light interfering with his wireless cycle computer, a Sigma 1009 STS. Unfortunately, it’s quite a common problem that LED bike lights and other electrical equipment such as electric bike motors can make wireless bike computers go haywire.
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Weather to cycle?
I read somewhere that statistically you can expect to get a soaking about 9 times a year on average if you cycle to work every day. Sure it rains on more days than that but the chances of it raining hard just at the point you happen to be travelling are relatively low. I thought I’d keep a tally this year to judge the accuracy of that statistic. Well my average for this year is already up. I got a thorough drenching on my very first morning back to the office and I’ve got slightly soggy on two other journeys since. I’ll post again at the end of the year with the final count. -
Cateye TL-LD650 Rapid 5 Review
It’s time for us to take a look at another rear light. Here we test the Cateye Rapid 5. This is also known as the TL-LD650 and is the latest of Cateye’s popular tail lights. The light follows on from the sucsessful and immensely popular TL-LD600 and TL-LD610 lights but has updated styling for the 2011 / 2012 season. -
Moon X-Power 500 Review
Well isn’t that just typical? You wait for years for a well designed compact cordless rechargeable bike light bright enough for pitch-dark country lanes to appear on the market for a reasonable price, and then three turn up all at the same time! Here we look at the Moon X-Power 500, a light that offers very similar features, performance and price as the recently reviewed Lezyne Super Drive and NiteRider MiNewt 600 cordless LED lights.Read More
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