In our last gear round-up, we looked at contact-point products to keep you comfy. Today, we look at several products designed to help your ride go smoothly.
The slides below look at products from Ryder Cycling, Slime, Cateye and Praxis Works.
Click next to scroll through the products.
Cateye Bike Lights
Cyclocross takes place in Autumn and Winter when days are short in the Northern Hemisphere. Riding and training with lights on is commonplace. Cateye of Japan is a true manufacturer of bicycle lights that does not outsource its design or manufacturing. That means a high level of innovation.
This year the Volt series has some updates including the Volt 6000. That’s 6000 lumens, which is more than most riders might need but will likely change the night riding experience.
That’s a single LED that can pump out the 6000 Lumens! 2018 Interbike. © C. Lee / Cyclocross Magazine
The Cateye Volt 6000 uses a lithium-ion battery that offers 1 hour of full power riding, but 12 hours of riding at 500 lumens with varying run times with intermediate brightness. The light is a single, large LED, and the unit includes a small cooling fan built into the back. A remote Bluetooth button operates the light and cycles through the modes.
The Volt 6000 has a full time running fan to keep things cool. 2018 Interbike. © C. Lee / Cyclocross Magazine
The headlight weighs a claimed 118 grams and the battery pack 550 grams. All that comes at a price of $800 USD.
More down to earth is the Volt 1700 and 1300 dual beam lights and the Volt 800 single beam. Those three model numbers refer to maximum light output in lumens, and each has a quick-change battery pack so extra batteries can be carried to prolong the period of use. This keeps the light small and self-contained, and in many 24 hour events a lap format is used, so batteries can be charging at the tent ready for a swap between laps.
The claimed runtime for the Volt 1700 at full power (1700 lumen) is 2 hours, which would be remarkable in our experience.
New Cateye Volt 1700/1300 is dual beam with quick-change battery packs handy for long night forays. 2018 Interbike. © C. Lee / Cyclocross Magazine
More Info: cateye.com
