Preparation for Nationals means that
Kerkove has to make sure that the Cateye Doubleshot Pro and Tripleshot Pro prototype lights are ready to roll. The only proper way to test lights is to go for a night ride and soooooo...that's exactly what we did. Went out for a 90 minute spin in the dark with Jeff and Rob through GW State Park with Jeff running the new Doubleshot Pro, myself the Tripleshot Pro, and Rob running the standard Doubleshot. The prototypes were on their initial charge still so I do not feel that I can proparly assess their performance although so far I am liking what I see. There are a couple of features that I totally dig such as the lightup power button that changes color based on remaining power, small lightweight battery, and the black anthracite color of the light body. I also noticed that my Cateye Micro Wireless computer did not work when the light was on it's low setting but it worked fine while on the high setting. Again, this is early testing so I have some ideas to see if there are other positions that may change this.
UPDATE: I moved the power button to the opposite side of the bar away from my computer and there was no longer any interference with said computer.
First setup with the battery strapped to the stem
Side shot of the second setup where I moved the battery to the top tube.
Front view
Top view
Green light signifies a full charge on the battery
Yellow light means
not such a full charge :)
Red light (hard to see in picture but easily seen in person) means that you are getting down there in power. The light will begin to dim but it was nowhere near out
I am hoping to get some more time with this light to continue testing it out but so far so good.
Pro Roadie Update:
Kudos go out to Iowa native Jason McCartney for finishing fifth overall in the
Sachsen-Tour International stage race in Germany. That's awesome!!!