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Dale, NE - Great equipment; haven’t had any problems other
than accidentally letting the battery run all the way out (not bad for
six years of use!)
Aaron, CA - You have a superior product in regards to craftsmanship,
styling. Glad I held out for TurboCat!
Kevin, TX - We’ve
been riding a couple or three times a week over the winter here and
the lights I have are the talk of the group. Everyone else spends more
time farting around with their lights by changing batteries and what
not and I just turn on my TurboCats and ride! Bright white light, the
best I’ve seen, good battery life, great quality, what more can
you ask for?
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MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION
November, 2006
Experience Your First Night Ride |
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GET STARTED WITH THE RIGHT GEAR
by R. Cunningham
Here are some excerpts from this excellent article. Click here to read it all. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required)
1. Getting Started - Lighting companies tend to be big on claims and tech talk, so we simplified the information for you into a digestible list.
2. A Bit About Bulbs - Halogen lamps offer the greatest value, because they produce a large amount of white light in the most vivible spectrum... "White-emitting" LEDs do not truly exist, so the top systems use blue-emitting LEDs...that produce less visible contrast and color.
3. Big News About Batteries - There is only one disadvantage to Li-on batteries beyond their exorbitant cost...Expect 150 charges before you begin to experience rapidly shortening run times. Ni-cad batteries are the underappreciated workhorses of mountainbike lighting systems.
4. Choosing the Right System - Unless you are shuttling downhill runs, most of your riding time will be spent poking along between five and ten miles an hour - when a single beam ten watt halogen lamp will be brilliant enough to cycle comfortable down most singletrack trails.
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