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2. Bicycle lighting - Wikipedia

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   Red light on the back of a bicycle Early bicycle lighting: candle lamps, oil lamps and carbide lamps Early bicycle lamps and two early bottle dynamos (1935). Bicycle lighting is illumination attached to bicycles whose purpose above all is, along with reflectors, to improve the visibility of the bicycle and its rider to other road users under circumstances of poor ambient illumination.

3. Busch & Müller - Wikipedia

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   Busch & Müller lumotec bicycle headlight. Busch & Müller is the world market leader in the field of bicycle lighting. [3] Its product range now includes: reflectors, tail lights, bicycle headlights, dynamos, rear-view mirrors, gear case, side support wheels for children's bicycles and other bicycle accessories. In total, Busch & Müller ...

4. Bottle dynamo - Wikipedia

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   Bottle dynamo mounted on a bicycle. Dismantled bottle dynamo. Left: Housing with internal permanent magnet rotating through the friction wheel. Right: Induction coil. A bottle dynamo or sidewall dynamo is a small electrical generator for bicycles employed to power a bicycle's lights.

5. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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   Carbide lighting was inexpensive, but was prone to gas leaks and explosions. Early models of the automobile, car, motorbike and bicycle used carbide lamps as headlamps. Acetylene gas, derived from carbide, enabled early automobiles to drive safely at night. Thick concave mirrors combined with magnifying lenses projected the acetylene flame light.

6. Hub dynamo - Wikipedia

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   Bicycle dynamos instead use permanent magnets to eliminate the need for a battery to excite the field and initiate electrical generation. Shimano offers a variety of hub dynamos under the "Nexus" brand, such as the DH-3N70/DH-3N71, advertised as having significantly less drag than the Nexus NX-30. SRAM manufactured the i-Light hub dynamo until ...

7. High-intensity discharge lamp - Wikipedia

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   HID lamps are used in high-performance bicycle headlamps, as well as flashlights and other portable lights, because they produce a great amount of light per unit of power. As the HID lights use less than half the power of an equivalent tungsten-halogen light, a significantly smaller and lighter-weight power supply can be used.