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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Blue lights - what gives? http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Blue lights - what gives? en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:42:44 +0000 acsimpson on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199677 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:52:20 +0000 acsimpson 199677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I don't understand red on the front at all. If for some reason I couldn't avoid cycling and only had one light it would go on the rear every time. threefromleith on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199672 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:20:13 +0000 threefromleith 199672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ The red fronts become an utter nightmare when it's dark on the NEPN. As was the white flashing rear light I encountered last year. Makes it very difficult to work out either why you're catching up with someone incredibly quickly, or why that person coming towards you never gets closer but still seems to maintain the same distance! dougal on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199590 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:52:48 +0000 dougal 199590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Red-light-forward cyclist on George Street last week too. I hope it is just the change of the seasons catching people unawares and try to improvise, using the logic that some light is better than no light. threefromleith on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199588 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:44:29 +0000 threefromleith 199588@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Twin red flashing front lights on the Craigleith path last night. I often wonder if some people who ride bikes ever take in what they see around them, like every vehicle on the road having white lights at the front and red at the back... wishicouldgofaster on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199579 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:59:08 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 199579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Tempted to get one, it might stop some drivers doing IDGAF manouvers as they might think you are the police :) I would also have other lights of course. gembo on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199569 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:41:12 +0000 gembo 199569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ This sounds like a Dr who plot HankChief on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199568 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:35:32 +0000 HankChief 199568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hmmm.... got home to find a small parcel from China on the door mat. It contains 2 blue flashing lights that neither Mrs HC or I can remember ordering. Maybe they are just sending them out to random cyclists... steveo on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199518 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:57:43 +0000 steveo 199518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Or very expensive HID Audi lights transplanted to a bike. ARobComp on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199514 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:51:11 +0000 ARobComp 199514@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I think Arellcat is correct - you're seeing VERY cheap white LEDs which appear blueish in hue. I suspect that EUSA might have been handing them out during freshers week? kaputnik on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199513 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:50:02 +0000 kaputnik 199513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Probably cheap Chinese lights bought off fleaBay. I'm pretty sure a couple of years back Tesco were selling a cheap set of "bike lights" with a red and a green. Arellcat on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199512 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:48:57 +0000 Arellcat 199512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ A few years ago you could buy a blue front light from Argos. It had the same shape as the Cateye LD600 Knightrider-style rear light. Even now there are some <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-Cycling-Bicycle-4-LED-Safety-Warning-Front-Rear-High-Light-Lamp-Red-Blue-/371379104084?hash=item5677eb6954">dubious lights out there</a> with blue LEDs. Also remember that white LEDs are generally blue LEDs with a yellow phosphor, and many cheaply made white LEDs are distinctly lilac in colour because the phosphor deposition is poorly controlled. threefromleith on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199508 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:23:46 +0000 threefromleith 199508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I have a few old front lights in good working order - tempted to carry them and donate one to each blue-light or no-light rider I pass. Not sure if people would take kindly to a stranger stopping them and offering them a free, used light though ;-) crowriver on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199506 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:21:30 +0000 crowriver 199506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Probably cheap Chinese lights bought off fleaBay. threefromleith on "Blue lights - what gives?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15473#post-199501 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:11:20 +0000 threefromleith 199501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ OK - who's selling flashing blue front bike lights in Edinburgh? I've seen three bikes in the last few weeks on my commuting route with them - each with the weak blue flasher as their only source of light. Not sure how the guy on the Roseburn path could see where he was going this morning on the section where the streetlights were off. Isn't there a law about blue lights being illegal for use by anyone other than the emergency services? Or does that apply to motor vehicles only?