Within the newest installment of our chats with the manufacturers we inventory, we meet up with Mark Robinson, the European Territory Supervisor from Lezyne to speak lights, pumps and multitools! Learn on to search out out extra!
Inform us concerning the historical past of Lezyne? The place is the model initially from?
Lezyne was based in 2007, by trade icon (and German native) Micki Kozuschek. Within the prime of his profession as knowledgeable triathlete, Kozuschek started Maxcycles and introduced inexpensive, high-quality bicycles and clothes to the German market. Shortly after shifting to the USA, Kozuschek based Truvativ, which grew to turn into a number one producer of OEM and aftermarket biking elements. In 2004, Kozuschek bought Truvativ to SRAM.
In 2007, Kozuschek re-entered the biking trade with Lezyne – Engineered Design.
At a time when poorly engineered, plastic catalog-copied equipment had been the usual, Lezyne’s objective was to engineer and produce premium high quality equipment that meet the identical excessive requirements as high-end bicycle elements. In few phrases, Lezyne’s objective was Engineered Design. At this time, the objective stays the identical and Lezyne is now a biking equipment trade chief with award successful merchandise worldwide.
Lezyne’s headquarters is positioned in Reno, Nevada, USA, with workplace places in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, Berlin, Germany, and Taichung, Taiwan.
We’re heading into ‘Mild season’, the mornings and evenings are darker – what makes Lezyne LED lights completely different to the remaining?
Since 2011, Lezyne has been growing LED lights with a staff of in-house product designers and engineers who work beneath the lead of Micki Kozuschek to create the very best high quality lights within the trade. Part of the manufacturing unit crew, is an in-house high quality management staff, made up of engineers that supervise development.
Lezyne develops its personal lenses to provide the very best optics for bicycle lights. Spectroradiometers are used to confirm lumen outputs and superior CNC-machined warmth dissipating aluminum our bodies are all manufactured in-house. The ecosystem is accomplished with in-house software program programmers.
Lezyne LEDs boast highly effective, uniform gentle beams with trade main run instances, are function wealthy with quite a lot of strong and flash modes, intuitive, and are available IPX7 waterproof rated. The compact, all the things you want and nothing you don’t strategy makes a Lezyne LED a high-performance, but fashionable addition to any trip.
Below Micki Kozuschek’s management and funding into the trade, Lezyne has full management over the event and manufacturing course of, permitting exquisitely designed, intelligently engineered, meticulously inspected and functionally full lights at a price-to-value ratio unmatched by the market.
What are the important thing launches for this Autumn/Winter?
Lezyne launched their 2024 product vary at Eurobike, saying the Ai gentle collection, together with the Strip Professional Ai Alert 400+ Rear, KTV Professional+ Ai Alert Rear (the Strip and KTV having StVZO criticism fashions for the German market) together with the well-received Saddle Ai Alert 250 Rear. The Ai Alert collection combines Synthetic Intelligence with our superior ALERT rear taillights which mechanically detect brake occasions and intelligently change output mode to Lively Alert – a fast flash “brake gentle” mode; signaling deceleration, successfully speaking your actions to site visitors and fellow cyclists, enhancing rider visibility and security.
Lezyne have additionally launched a mount vary, the LED qPro Mount – a CNC-machined aluminum, quick-release mount with GoPro compatibility designed for tremendous fast mounting and dismounting of appropriate Lezyne LEDs. The Garmin/Wahoo GPS Ahead Mount in addition to a GoPro appropriate variant, the Mega Mounts S/L, and the compact Flexi Stem Mount.
As well as, Lezyne introduced the 18k Gold restricted Version Pump that includes the Presta Professional pump head, a pump head with Lezyne’s revolutionary (VBS) Valve Bleed System, permitting customers to high quality tune tire pressures on the easy press of a button on Presta valves.
How does a rider select the perfect gentle for them? Is brightest the perfect?
No. Brightest isn’t essentially finest. Lezyne’s lineup contains lights to see, or lights to be seen. Lights to see embrace entrance lights, helmet lights, and E-bike lights. Lights to be seen embrace back lights and alert lights. Lights are additionally provided in pairs and sure fashions function Sensible Join- a wise strategy to wirelessly management your lights utilizing Lezyne’s LED Ally app. We suggest a mixture of entrance and back lights to extend your visibility and total security.
When selecting your Lezyne lights you must word your international locations laws, for instance German legislation requires StVZO compliant lights. Your lights specification is dependent upon your private wants as a rider. Street and gravel cyclists might want glossy and compact lights with clear built-in mounting choices just like the Macro Drive 1400+ with the Strip Professional Ai Alert 400+ Rear. Mountain bikers bombing trails throughout evening rides might want the largest and brightest just like the Mega Drive 2400+ with the Lite Drive 1200+ helmet gentle mixture. Bike packing bike owner might require highly effective lights just like the Tremendous Drive 1800+ with Infinite Mild Powerpack+ compatibility for prolonged runtimes. A favourite amongst E-bike riders is the E-Bike Macro Drive 1000- you will need to think about compatibility when selecting an E-bike gentle.
Specs to contemplate could be max lumen output, max runtime and the mix of strong and flash modes that suite you in addition to powerpack compatibility. Dimension and weight are additionally essential elements to contemplate and these specs are all precisely listed on the web site. All Lezyne lights are IPX7 water proof rated, are designed for environment friendly warmth dissipation and are both USB or USB-C appropriate.
In addition to lights, Lezyne make an enormous vary of different merchandise – what are your private favourites?
A few of our private favourites are the RAP II 19 Multi instrument, The Street Caddy Saddle bag, The Professional Tubeless Equipment and final however not least, the Alloy HV Digital Drive Flooring Pump.
What are Lezyne’s plans for the longer term? Something thrilling you’ll be able to inform us to look out for within the coming months?
We’re notably enthusiastic about our Ai Alert gentle range- The way forward for bicycle gentle expertise! Combining Synthetic Intelligence with our superior ALERT rear taillights to convey you essentially the most correct biking brake lights available on the market.
Mark, nice to meet up with you and thanks for the very detailed info!
Store all Lezyne merchandise obtainable at Merlin Cycles right here
