Running radical-lights in each of my 6 World Solo 24 hour Championship wins has been a huge advantage as the powerful light allows me to ride the trails as fast as I do in the daylight hours.
The powerful beams from my radical-lights makes riding through the night very easy on the eyes, allowing all the energy to go into the legs to chase down the competition.
Why radical-lights?
- Powerful
- Pound for pound, most powerful bike lights available. Fastest lap times are proof!
- Robust
- Aviation-grade, race-proven technology with a track record of success, including numerous victories in 24hr World Championships, XC races, and endurance racing.
- Ultra lightweight
- From 94g (light and carbon mount)
- Customiseable
- Custom beam for racing, 5 levels, limitless adjustable mount
- Trail ready
- Better color definition, pleasing, even beam patterns
- Efficient
- Microprocessor controlled, long battery life
- Easy use
- Exquisite, CNC machined, featuring a streamlined single-button interface.
- Protected investment
- Handbuilt, upgradeable systems to keep pace with technology
- Lifetime warranty
- Register your system for a lifetime* warranty
...man are these things sexy. The system is so light weight that at first I thought the battery was missing! These guys don't miss any detail when it comes to setting up lighting for solo24's
On twisty singletrack I found myself descending faster with this [radical] light than any of the others on the test. The Niteflux, Lumicycle and Lupine came close but this beam pattern was clearly the least straining in the twisty stuff, and to me that says a lot about the lighting game - it's beam quality for a particular application, not sheer quantity.
I didn't get a full appreciation for how bright the lights are, and for how well suited the beam patterns are for railing singletrack, until I was actually out there *racing*, at full speed. They are unlike anything I have ever ridden with. The difference compared to all the other riders I was passing out there was quite noticeable. Some people moved over for me WAAAAAY before I was anywhere near them, that's how bright they were. I had to tell a couple of them "not yet, I'm not even close!"
Our top recorded speed was 60 miles per hour, in the pitch dark of the desert night. The confidence and safety I was afforded with my Podda ensured I would not need my brakes on any of the downhills.