This social ride welcomes anyone, and Light & Motion demo lights will be available to try! Start from Lee’s Cyclery South store on Harmony, Fort Collins, at 5:30pm, and we’ll ride for about an hour. Then return to the store for hot cider!

Email: Elizabeth @ Team Cuteness to reserve your light.

MTBR just posted a great wrap-up and thorough review of the current lights available to riders. While there are some companies introducing lights with even more claimed Lumens than the Seca 1400, their beam patterns are still inefficient and throw up a good percentage of unusable light far above where any rider needs to see. Out of all the test photos, the Seca 1400 is easily spotted as the brightest option giving tribute to the extensive R&D developing the best possible beam reflector.

Light and Motion Seca 1400 – at $699, this 1400 lumen light measured in at 110 lux on our meter. The standout here is how efficiently that light is utilized. It has the widest beam from close to mid range. And with 110 lux, it throws just about as far as most riders will need. And it still chops off the top of the beam pattern to avoid waste.

On the other end of the spectrum, Magicshine seems to be flickering away, apparently having cut too many corners, their products are now faced with failed batteries and chargers – and now encouraging it’s customers to “stop use immediately”

Check out the MTBR Beam Pattern Reviews and the Main 2011 Bike Lights Shootout Page to see how all the lights fared. And check out their Video Review of the Vis360 & Vis180 posted above.

Heidi Swift cyclist and columnist for the Oregonian newspaper  has compiled a Holiday Gift Guide. Light and Motion Vis 360 is listed…a “safe” bet to put a smile on anyone this holiday.

http://www.oregonlive.com/cycling/index.ssf/2010/12/heidi_swifts_holiday_picks_for.html

Light and Motion was in Portland the past weekend for the final stop of the USGP Cyclocross races. We had nice foot traffic at the booth both days. Saturday was very windy and cold. Sunday sunny and cold which made for a drier, faster track. Light and Motion sponsored racer Meredith Miller did well on both days and ended the 2010 USGP season on the podium in second place…..CONGRATS Meredith….now on to Bend for the Nationals!

LIGHT & MOTION sponsored rider Rebecca Rusch in “Race Across the Sky”

In keeping with her pattern of repeats and three-peats, two-time Life Time Fitness Leadville Trail 100 Women’s Champ Rebecca Rusch will once again be featured in the film Race Across the Sky, documenting the epic Lifetime Fitness 2010 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. On November 4th, Race Across the Sky will premier simultaneously in more than 500 theatres around the nation. Click here to see a list of theatres that will be screening the premiere event.

Prior to a VIP screening in Denver, Rusch will join Leadville Trail 100 2010 Men’s Champ Levi Leipheimer and other top racers in a live athlete’s panel. Last year, the live panel only included male riders.

In its second year documenting the stories and challenges of the Life Time Fitness Leadville Trail 100 competitors, Race Across The Sky 2010 delves into the boom in the race’s popularity among amateurs and professionals and illustrates riders’ most inspiring stories of trial and triumph.

What: Premiere of Race Across the Sky 2010 and Candid Athlete Panel
When: Thursday November 4, 2010 6pm
Where:Paramount Theatre at 1621 Glenarm Pl. in Denver, CO 80202

The Life Time Fitness Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race is one of the most high-profile mountain bike races in the sport, covering grueling terrain up to 14,000 feet in elevation and dipping into the valleys in Leadville, Colorado. Shoulder to shoulder at the starting line, more than 15,000 professional and amateur riders from 48 states and 21 countries attempted the harrowing course this year.

After appearing in the original Race Across the Sky 2009 film, Rusch is featured more thoroughly in the 2010 documentary with a film crew following her in the days leading up to the race and throughout the entire competition. Race Across The Sky 2010 also features candid conversations with elite and amateur riders. Click here to see a trailer of the film. An encore presentation of the film will be shown in select theaters across the country on Nov. 9th.

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For out-and-out riding performance there is no question that the Seca 1400 wins hands-down. With a superb, smooth placement of its 1,400 lumens it was nothing short of daylight on the trail.

Check out the review our beloved Seca 1400 just received from Mountain Bike Rider over in the UK. The only light to get 10 out of 10:

“Judged on a combination of light power and placement, the Seca 1400 was definitely the favourite light among all our testers. Although it packs only 1,400 lumens compared to the 6Pack’s 1,800, the intelligent placing of the Seca’s beam actually makes it the better light off-road.

A mixture of a long-range clear lens with frosted-lens close-quarter LEDs gives the perfect light shape for trail riding, throwing most of the beam where you need it most. The near and middle distance are smoothly illuminated with brilliantly bright, wide-angled soft light, and while the spot can’t quite match the 6pack’s power, it’s more than adequate in isolation.

The battery pack Velcros securely in place and a rubber band quickly and simply wraps around the bars for a swift yet very secure fastening, which can be easily removed without leaving any unsightly clamps on your handlebars.”

Congrats to Light & Motion sponsored athletes who found the podium at the 24hrs of Moab and Congrats to Meredith Miller who won the Providence Cyclocross Race.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/10/news/tim-johnson-meredith-miller-take-day-2-at-providence-cyclocross-festival_145877