Wheely has made bicycle lights fun and simple with their new hub-mounted design. Encased in a rubbery shell that doubles as the mounting strap, they have white and red lights that offer 360º visibility while also giving your wheels a cool glow and lighting up the ground directly beneath the bike to help give you more presence on the street. The lights have blinking, pulsing and constant settings, and the spinning wheel gives the latter its own unique blinky effect. Like it? Check the video below…
They’re designed to complement existing head and tail lights, not necessarily replace them since they won’t illuminate the path ahead of you. But if you want a fun way to add or improve overall side visibility while riding at night, they’re a good option. The casing is IP4 Waterproof, they run on small watch batteries, and it weighs just 22g.
The Wheely lights are on Kickstarter now and almost fully funded as of this post going live. Grab a single front or rear for as little as $15 USD, or a set for $29. If you’ve got larger diameter hubs (like internally geared ones), you can double them up to wrap around the oversized hub shells.
