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Often one is faced with marketing propaganda that is tough to decipher. One area that there is often confusion or misunderstandings about is lumen ratings on Aftermarket LED Auxiliary lights. A lumen rating is the amount of light given off by any particular source, If we are talking about a light bulb, that is a legitimate use for a lumen rating, If we are talking about a complete light with optics, then the term lumen falls very much short of telling the customer any real info. Very often in today's market place, we see lights rated at 4400 lumens or even more.Will a 4400 lumen light allow you to see better than a 1000 Lumen light? Not necessarily, In fact sometimes quite the opposite, the 1000 lumen light wins. Optics are the key to getting a great quality light beam that will allow a rider to see what they need to, without blinding oncoming drivers and lighting up the tree tops. The real information that a rider needs is a lux rating at a given point, beam pattern selections are also very important. Prior to making a lighting decision for your trusty stead, take a look at what lights truly do offer a real optical enhancement that optimizes what lumens are available. In general a single source LED with a large optic will optimize the amount of Raw lumens at hand. A multi-emitter light may look brighter, but do to the lack of space for quality optics they often can not match the long distance penetration offered by a single emitter design. Here is a great example of a quality built light that draws 10 watts of power yet provides more than 800 ft of light throw, The Cyclops Adventure sports Long Range Optimus LED offers Outstanding long range distance as well as a tunable product with the availability of wide beam filters that alter the beam pattern for a Clipped optic (upper Cuttoff) that helps to eliminate oncoming blindness, yet retains much of the long Range Penetration so commonly not found on LED aux lights. Note the large optic and single emitter design. With the wide angle filter LED lighting is a continuously evolving technology, we will all be rewarded with great products from top manufactures and suppliers as time goes on. In this case a little knowledge goes a long ways. Darryl VanNiewenhuise Cyclops Adventure Sports This post has been promoted to an article

I watched a show list night. I like how raw/unpolished the show is. Just regular joes. The pannier kill testing was pretty funny. I'm glad that I know know which models will stand up to a crossbow attack!

I hear a lot of people who ride dirt but also street like to go with a longer lasting hard rear tire like a Heidenau K60, Mitas E07 or E09 on the back and then a softer grippier tire on the front like a TKC 80 or Kenda Big Block (fronts don't wear as fast).

With AnyB loosing his baffle he decided to hop onto the Motorway so as not to attract to much attention with the local police while we took a bit of the scenic route. So J and I arrived in Trieben,Austria in the Valley and had some coffee and a bite to eat before we attempted the climb up to the Hut Pretty place,this Austria Once we reached the Ski lift it was time for the Snow chains. AndyB borrowed a chain for his rear tyre,J had some home made snow claws and i managed to pick up some chains from various places. Unfortunatly AndyB did not make it up the Hill and decided to go home. J's snowclaws did one after the other snap right down the middle which meant he was struggling,A LOT. Mine worked perfect but the ride up was still scary as the steepness of the hill and the tight hairpin bends where scary J told me to go ahead as he was playing with his snowclaws,which i did I got gopro footage of the ride up just need to play with it a bit first A pic of the road The Campsite and the view on top So i put up my tent and was waiting for J,asking every bike coming up the hill if they seen a ugly welshman. Eventually i decided to go and rescue him and give him my spare claws and chains

Tauerntreffen,Austria,Jan 2014

Strata Florida,Wales,UK My mate helping me to pick up my bike and checking out the next "puddle" 🙄 5 min detour he said 🙄 took us 3hours of pain