Anyone recommend some HID lamps for a mountain bike that do not cost the earth? (~ £ 100)

Or what about these high power LED lamps?

Are they really up to throwing out 20 W???

K2 leds are bright and have a good even spread of light I have 4 on my bike running off a 12v 3 cell lipo fron my rc helicopter. I can ride in the woods at night fine. here is a link to some torches on ebay that have k2 leds in if you fancy having a go at making some lights your self? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ultrafire-K2-LUXEON-LED-HAIII-Tactical-Flashlight-Torch_W0QQitemZ220166438078QQihZ012QQcategoryZ16037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem Halfords have bike lights with one of these leds in and they are £50 ouch!

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120 lumens?!?!?

yes thay are bright 2 of them light up the large oak tree in the garden and 2 would be fine for the road check out hilips web site http://www.lumileds.com/

and here are some web sites i looked at when making my lights

BIKE LIGHT WEB SITES

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=112926
http://www.dotlight.de/shop/product_info.php/cPath/220_236_250/products_id/775
http://www.carclo-optics.co.uk/V2/onlinestore.asp?memvar=1&CatID=LEDOH
http://www.mouldy.org/projects/Luxeon-LED-bike-headlight
http://www.l2optics.co.uk/
http://www.ledsmagazine.com/
http://www.mouldy.org/projects/Luxeon-Bike-Headlight-Improvements
http://www.dotlight.de/shop/product_info.php/cPath/220_236_250/products_id/775
http://www.luxeon.com/products/line.cfm?lineId=18
http://www.luxeonstar.com/resistor-calculator.php
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/diy_bicycle_mounted_steady_cam.html
http://www.outsider.plus.com/bikelights.html
http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/index.php
http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/bikelight/



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Wow westcost, you have been busy. I have been considering making some using a Lipo battery myself, just seem to struggle to find the time. Have just fitted some cheapo electrons 5/15W, which do the job. Came across some other chaps out last night with some really bright lights on their helmets unbeleivable how bright they are.

I nearly made some kid (hoody) fall of his bmx a couple of weeks ago I was riding towards him and obviously blinded him as he was wobbled past me shielding his eyes lol (he didn’t have any lights idiot ) told him he wanted to get some of these lol
02GF74 Diagram in photo archive of wiring i have 2 of the torches new for this winter and 2 leds i had made up with lenses from www.l2optics.co.uk ( this was when they first came out last year was pain getting hold of them at first) had to get the leds from the us and they were £10 each
they may of had something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RAYOVAC-Head-Lamp-Torch-Flash-Light-Bike-K2-Luxeon-LED_W0QQitemZ160144824229QQihZ006QQcategoryZ106984QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcm dZViewItem

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Just read some of the threads. I might have to upgrade my skills from crimp connectors though.

Am I right in thinking that 1000+ lumens is now common on some bike systems, is this a case of overkill.