LED Wheel Lights for Bicycle | LED Bike | Radlicht
Many cyclists and artist use LED wheel lights and LED frame lights to transform bicycles into mesmerizing light spectacles. Adding style and personal expression to bicycles using LEDs is slowly growing in popularity.
Upgrading and individualizing a bike with LED lights can be accomplished as a DIY project or through buying a kit. As a DIY project, you will need to develop a knowledge base and source your own materials. Alternately, LED bike kits supply everything you will need along with instructions. Several companies offer LED bike kits and each provides a certain look or style. You can add LED lights to the wheels and/or to the bike frame.
Radlicht LED Wheel Lights for Bicycle
Check out this clip of Radlicht LED wheel lights on my Schwinn Stingray by Orange County Chopper.
Radlicht: http://radlicht.com/
Radlicht makes some of the best-looking and unique LED wheel lights. They are unique because of the spoke-mounted design. The system features a set of 9 LED-illuminated tubes that attach to spokes around the wheel.
Unlike various competitors who make LED gadgets that attach to one spoke, the Radlicht system doesn’t require the wheel to spin in order to create an effect.
Basically you get a two for one with Radlicht wheel lights: A stationary effect of colored spokes radiating from the hub and a wheel spinning effect that can create an appearance of a brightly lit, colored disk.
Currently, Radlicht is still a very small company with founder Artur Ragulskyi in Germany and CFO Igor Komisarov based in the USA. The initial product launch was crowd funded through Kickstarter. There is speculation that a competitor seeks to tarnish the reputation of Radlicht by posting negative reviews on reddit, etc….
My experience with Radlicht’s LED wheel lights is positive. The newest design, dubbed Wheelscreen, improved the battery mount, holder and life.
“Wheelscreen – Bicycle Wheel Lighting System. It makes nighttime bike riding Fun, Bright, Unique!”
LED Wheel lights for Bicycle – Other
The following is a list of companies that offer LED wheel lights for bicycles. As you explore the different styles notice how unique the Radlicht system is for LED wheel lights.
- Radlicht, radlicht.com
- Soul Beach Cruisers, soulbeachcruisers.com
- CycleLights, cyclelightsllc.com
- Glowmatic, etsy.com/shop/Glowmatic
- Anvii, anvii.com
- Monkey Lights, monkeylectric.com This company supposedly uses trolls on various forums to tarnish the reputation of competitive rival Radlicht.
- Kaleidoscope LED Light, has various distributors: Ankaka, Blinkee, Flashing Blinky Lights and Blinky Fun Party World.
- Generic / No Name, Bang Good is the name of the website (like a cheap Amazon). Style One and Style Two.
- HitLight, HitLights.com Currently in the process of making a bicycle kit which will include components to make a LED Bike like this one. In the meantime, email customerservice@hitlights.com. They will help you create a custom LED bike.
Check this clip of some cool little LED wheel lights (sweet music too).
LED Frame & Wheel lights for Bicycle
A list of companies that offer LED lights for bike frames and sometimes including the wheels.
- Glow Candy Bike Lights, glowcandybikelights.com
- LRD Bike Kit, ledbikekit.net
- HitLight, HitLights.com Currently in the process of making a bicycle kit which will include components to make a LED Bike like this one. In the meantime, email customerservice@hitlights.com. They will help you create a custom LED bike.
Check out the LED wheel lights and LED frame lights on this bicycle. He even added an iPod dock with speakers to go along with the Glow Candy Bike Lights.
LED Bike Lights – DIY
This list is for the DIY people who want to source the components to design a better product or reduce cost or simply for the challenge.
Instructables.com – a great place to learn
YouTube – another resource for ideas
This clip shows how to install an LED strip (etc…) onto a bike.
Other resources and Info
- Good introduction to LED components
- Waterproof Flexible LED Light strip on Amazon
- A sample of LED strip similar to Glow Candy Bike Lights
- LED Strip Light Cutting Wiring Directions
- China LED Neon Tube
- Heavy Duty LED Strips
- Battery test for LED Bike Lights
Cool Bicycle Accessories
Radlicht LED Wheel Lights Article
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Chris Hooper
Chris "AoxoA" Hooper is a photographer, retoucher, and blogger based in Austin, TX. As a photographer, he specializes in music, lifestyle, concert, and portraits. He enjoys the great outdoors with his lovely wife and amazing son.