Broken

Its just one of those days...
I was doing a long-distance ride with a single Sigma Power LED bike light on my handlebar.
While taking the bumps and knocks, I noticed that the light housing was dangling on my Minoura Space bar.
After riding for 20km, I realized that the mounting clamp was broken.
That's one mount down and one more to go.
Since I purchased my Sigma Power LED Pro lights, its been plagued by problems.
The piece of rubber ring that holds it together breaks eventually.

 The ninkampoops just killed it!
I had the lights in less than a year.
So, to get some bearings on whether a replacement part can be sourced or not, I gave the store which I bought the light from a call.
On the receiving end, the guy who took my inquiry told me that I should leave my number.
He will call me if parts could be obtained.
That was two months ago.
I guess I'll have to email the German manufacturer directly to get the low-down.
Meanwhile, I am just happy with my Ay-Ups!

Come on Baby light my trail!

Sigma's new Powerled Evo

Some balsy folks cycle at night with blinkers front and rear.
They've got balls as big as Churchbells. Not me.
I made a beeline to a new bike shop in Damansara Perdana recently. Found out that they are selling a range of Sigma Sports accessories for bicycles and this included headlights.
One that caught my eye was a rechargeable light.
When I asked the store guy, an oldish dude, sleek and mean-looking with an earring entertained me.
He was quite nice and took out the light to show me.
The headlight came with a 4AA adapter and also functions as a flashlight.
You can rig this on your bike and it yields 90LUX. 
The guy told me that this translates to 900 Lumens at full output.
I was impressed.
And it came with a pricetag of RM589 a pop.
Now, an earlier visit to a popular bike store in Damansara Uptown yielded a search for Niterider lights.
But they were damn expensive.
One such find was a rechargeable light at RM1,450.
"Eh, this one brighter than your car headlights la," said one of the sales guy.
Yeah, right.
Even Billy, my cycling buddy had complained about the price there.
The shop is runned by Burmese guys. They don't understand our lingo and the customer-salesman interaction is purely based on guess work.
At the new store, the oldish sales dude, well, I think he is the co-owner of the joint, said his pricing is decent.
I can attest to that.
The Sigma stuff are affordable.
But some of their staff are pure unadulterated morons.
There's also a lower-end headlight going for RM190 a pop. This is competitive to what Cateye had to offer.
Their latest range, the Cateye Econom rechargeable light is just too expensive.
Since the new shop said they cater a full range of Sigma lights, the latest 900 Lumens Powerled Evo is worth the wait. 
I don't know how much this is going to cost, but its definitely worth a go.