AYUP's whatcha ya got?

[chamois]

i would run the 6hr for the helmet in my back pocket with the extension cord. worked well for me at the mont, dave also did it at the solo nats.

using 6hr batts you'd only have to do 2x changes (instead of 1) and that's not likely to be the difference between winning or losing over 24hrs - 40% more light might be though...

[orphic]

Yeah I think you're right. Guess I can scrounge around and see if anyone can lend me some 6hr batteries before the Scott.

Thanks

Also, I have been feeling a bit scared/deflated/nervous about the Scott however the prospect that you MAY be able to support has me excited again. Even if you don't end up being able to, the motivation right now is worth its weight in gold...

[orphic]

Last question - what beams to I get? For bars and helmet?

[ukalipt]

narrow helmet
intermediate bars

both in black

[chamois]

forgot to reply - i run narrow on the helmet, all-rounder on the bars but i can't really tell the difference between the intermediate and the all-rounder.

what i can say is that as an individual light on the roadie, neither the intermediate or the all rounder are really up to scratch once you get up to speed (45km/h++) - the narrow is perfect though.

lastly, i vote for buying 2 different body colours so you can quickly tell them apart. you can tell which light is which by touching the lens (the narrow has sort of a "pinhole" in the middle while the int/all-rounder lenses are concave iirc), but it's much simpler to tell by colour. go for a dull colour on the bars, the brighter bodies are more reflective and will be visually distracting if you shine your headlight on them.

[Ride True]

Yo Vic, I run the narrow beam on top and find it is better then the medium/intermmediate beam. I like to see far. Churchy has a good point cause you can tell the difference between the two beams if you choose another colour.

My narrows are red and my intermediates are black, they live on the handle bar.

If I was to choose only one ay up, it would be the narrow, but if two, get a narrow and intermediate

[orphic]

Well you're all too late because I already ordered a narrow and an all-rounder. Narrow in turquoise and all-rounder in red. Both will match the Yeti and the red will match the Supersix when it's on the bars.

Couldn't really tell the diff between the intermediate and the all-rounder from the photos, I don't think it matters that much. I already have an intermediate but it was cheaper to do it this way with the kit than buy a kit with one light + add on the extras I need. Getting two epic batteries instead of one + two half epics, so now just need to find three more to borrow for the Scott (already had a very kind offer from Jarod).

[sliq]

thread revival!

happy easter folks!

i've been looking at different handlebar/helmet lights; would anybody suggest the V twin ay up's be sufficient for only commuting? at this stage, i don't think i'll be mountain biking at night/evening.

i've also considered Cateye Sumo 2's. Has anyone experienced the Sumo 2/3's?

cheers

Michael

[sliq]

i think i may have answered my question.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/articl...-lights-28195/

[Lorday]

I run ayups for commuting. You can never have too many lights at night when riding on the road