- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
news
Met Sine Thesis Nightlites - 2.jpgMet unveils glow-in-the-dark helmet
Met is offering its top level Sine Thesis in a Nightlights version that it claims is the first bicycle helmet with luminescent material injected into the exoskeleton, cam divider and size adjuster.
This material is designed to absorb light during the day which it can then emit for up to two hours when it is dark in order to provide additional visibility for night riding.
The Safe-T Advanced USB LED Light is included with Sine Thesis Nightlight. This fits onto the dial of the retention system and features six LEDs in flashing or constant modes. You also get an automatic night safe mode.
Met reckons that it’s visible up to 500 metres in urban conditions.
The Sine Thesis also features reflective stickers and logos at the front, the back and the sides, and reflective straps.
Of course, neither Met nor anyone else is suggesting that this is a substitute for good lights on your bike.
The price is £189.99.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
Latest Comments
- Fursty Ferret 7 min 50 sec ago
I'd like to think that in addition to the very well exposed supply chain argument made by Patrick, the simply outrageous price of Shimano...
- lesterama 8 min 27 sec ago
That bike with clearance for 33c, tracklocross style, could be a winner.
- chrisonabike 3 min 29 sec ago
Hellish! Barely used, clearly dangerous, slowing competent cyclists down while pandering to the clueless, a serious threat to pedestrians, won't...
- David9694 30 min 37 sec ago
"I ran into the back of him because I was traumatised by seeing the latest petrol prices, m'lud"
- hawkinspeter 1 hour 11 min ago
Are you sure? Norway is socialist and has a very high quality of life.
- ErnieC 3 hours 34 min ago
Glad I got mine before that change in ownership.
- quadtodd 9 hours 1 min ago
And 3 of the 'workers' are just leaning!
- yellowjack 9 hours 32 min ago
Same sketch everywhere, or so it seems. Take Whitelegg Way in Bournemouth. Wide cycle lanes put in both sides of a (formerly very wide) two lane...
- yellowjack 9 hours 49 min ago
Sounds cool. I haven't taken an "unnecessary flight" since 1992. Flown many times since then for work, but you can't patrol the Iraqi desert, or...
- NOtotheEU 10 hours 12 min ago
My first thought on reading the headline was "ooh, has Clevedon put in covered bike parking now?".
Add new comment
7 comments
I'd suggest that a hi-viz festish is better than a black one.
Clearly most drivers are looking.
It's a bit gimmicky. Id have made it 100% reflective rather than black.
Oooh yes, much more hi viz items to add to your existing plethora of hi viz. Entrench that hi-viz fetish.
The drivers aren't looking anyway.
Does anyone actually think that glow in the dark material will actually make anyone significantly more visible? I'm willing to be proved wrong, but I'd be very surprised if it does!
I may be wrong, but I've been observing that a helmet mounted light tends be perceived as being further away as the rider actually stands. In some situations you can't see the rider’s silhouette, neither can you judge the distance by the size of his light.
Combined with a primary light at "regular" height this a less problematic.
?
yes
£190 for a piece of polystyrene that offers no more protection than another piece of polystyrene costing a tenth of the price. But it has some comfortable straps, an integrated light and some stickers that will easily outshine the luminescent material they've added.
It also has a design that means the wearer's head can catch on objects as he slides across the road, rather than a smooth, rounded design that won't.
People actually buy this?