Flashy bicycle tyres boast LED lights

There are now very few parts of a cyclist’s clothing or bicycle for which there are not flashing lights available to buy.

Following the development of illuminated spokes, jackets with sewn-in indicators, neon strip lights, flashing tyre valve caps and all manner of handlebar and helmet-mounted high-intensity discharge lights, some of which are more powerful that car headlamps, comes news of a bicycle tyre with built-in LED lights.

Cyglo tyres use durable LED bulbs embedded into the tyre tread or wall to form a ring of high-powered light to maximise the visibility of cyclists to other road users. The tyres are available with either white or red bulbs.

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “Novelty lights are great fun, but the most meaningful recent development in cycle lighting has been the change in the law to make it legal to use flashing lights as a bike’s only illumination at night.”

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