National Light Up! 2008
The end of daylight saving means bike commuters will now be riding home in the dark. It is time to make sure you have effective lights on your bike.
The message
We encourage all riders to:
1. Fit fresh batteries to your bike lights
2. Buy lights if you don’t have them
3. Upgrade your lights if they are more than two years old
The 2008 light test
Our latest test revealed that these two lights are the best value:
Front: Basta Polaris BA3 $39.95
Rear: Tioga “600” TCL 54 $19.95
These lights are significantly better than the ones we tested two years ago.
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The test
Bicycle Victoria has tested 29 popular bike lights in order to recommend the best value lights to people who ride their bikes at night.
Our test panel included representatives from the Ride to Work program, RACV, Choice Magazine, bicycle retailers, user groups, clubs, the Victoria Police and VicRoads. Each light was viewed from in front from the regulation distance of 200m and then from the side at 50m. Each tester rated the lights and then the scores were consolidated.
‘The test and the recommendations are a vital part of our campaign to get riders to use lights at night’ Harry Barber said. ‘People who ride without lights tell us they don’t know which light to buy. Well now they do.’
Bicycle Victoria Members read the detailed results of our lights test in the April edition of Ride On magazine. If you would like a free back issue of Ride On please click here. (Please include your name, address and contact number).
See our Light Up Campaign Record for more information.
Campaign Background
Lights - the rules
Bayside City Council 2007 press article
