http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Neo (ree light( kickstarter - shipping soon en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:46:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226946 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:14:27 +0000 SRD 226946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I went for just the front light - which should be under £10 (although they later came back and said they'd 'forgotten' to include postage costs, which I thought was rather dodgy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226944 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:08:34 +0000 steveo 226944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Knew someone on here would know! So alchemy then :) cheers Frenchy. </p> <p>WC the original ones had a magnet attached to the spokes and worked like a traditional dynamo cum cycle computer quite clever but not very powerful as I remember (?) </p> <p>My new pebble should arrive soon but that wasn't too much of a risk! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226935 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:52:43 +0000 Frenchy 226935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I'm fascinated by how these work, an aluminium rim shouldn't generate any magnetic flux to generate the power.</em></p> <p>Aluminium isn't ferromagnetic, but eddy currents work in any conducting material. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4ACjzDFRY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4ACjzDFRY</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226933 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:47:39 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 226933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stick-on magnet somewhere?</p> <p>Must be a decade ago I got given a set of original Ree-lights for nowt by them at the Cycle Show in London when I spoke to them about citycycling. Neat idea, but very much 1st Gen learning curve I think.</p> <p>Looks like this will work better, and a really good idea - but I do have to say, I think they look a bit.... ugly....</p> <p>Have just pre-ordered a second gen Knog Oi bell after missing out on the Kickstarter. Should be shipping next month sometime. I do like when you see these ideas coming to fruition. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226928 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:32:42 +0000 steveo 226928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm fascinated by how these work, an aluminium rim shouldn't generate any magnetic flux to generate the power. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226922 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:13:15 +0000 kaputnik 226922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That looks really interesting, although I'm not sure that it's quite the perpetual motion machine they're making it out to be.</p> <p>Light generation is not yet listed on Wikipedia as one of the uses of eddy currents. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16713#post-226867 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:39:08 +0000 SRD 226867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did anyone else go in on this kickstarter? </p> <p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1651132789/neo-worlds-most-powerful-friction-free-bikelight/description" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1651132789/neo-worlds-most-powerful-friction-free-bikelight/description</a> </p> <p>If it is anygood, it will have been a serious bargain. Will post an update after it arrives and I've given it a try. </p>