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Bike Europe Feature - 360 Degree Light on Pedalite

December 2007 - Pedalite Pedals are battey-free pedal lights for bicycles. What started as a clever gadget is now a safety product which makes cyclists more visible to motorists day and night from any angle.

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Sunday Times Backpedaller Feature - Top 3 Christmas Gifts

December 2007 - Pedalites are ideal for a cycling commuter. As the name suggests, they are pedals with flashing lights. The clever bit is that the lights are powered by the action of pedaling, Hence no batteries. Brilliant (ho ho) for dark nights.

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Lights Fantastic Feature

December 2007 - When you start to pedal, the pedal flashes with no fewer than three LEDs: a white aimed forwards, amber out to the side and a red one at the back. Combined with the motion of the pedals, the result is a fairly eye-catching show of lights. On an unlit road its bright enough to illuminate the road surface below you.

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Fitness Gift Recommendations

December 2007 - Pedalites are ingenious fir and forget pedal powered, battery-free pedal lights that increase a cyclists visibility from the front, rear and importantly, side. The lights - visible form up to 1km away - also contineu flashing after pedalling stops.

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Cyclists Say Motorists are Too Close for Comfort

November 2007 - A survey of over 350 cyclists by Pedalite International Ltd, at the UK's National Cycle Show, Cycle 2007, Earls Court last month has revealed that the number one fear for cyclists is motorists driving too close to them.

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Glow in the Dark: With the winter nights drawing in, make sure when your children are cycling they can be seen in the dark with this latest product.

November 2007 - Now that the clocks have gone back, and the nights are longer, children should take extra care when they are out at night, especially if they are riding a bike. The onset of the dark evenings shouldn't stop your child from cycling, but they should be made aware of how to increase their safety.

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Cyclists Stay Visible with Pedalite - Be Seen on Winter Evenings

November 2007 - A survey of over 350 cyclists by Pedalite International Ltd, at the UK’s National Cycle Show, Cycle 2007, Earls Court last month has revealed that the number one fear for cyclists is motorists driving too close to them. Sixty-one per cent of respondents complained that cars and lorries came too near, causing them to wobble or throwing them off balance completely.

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Lighting Up For Cycle Safety

November 2007 - A NEW campaign has been launched to try and halt the alarming rise in deaths of cyclists on the roads. Backed by Woking’s Tony Doyle — former world and European track cycling champion — the scheme is aimed at cutting casualities this winter.

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Safety First Gift for Bike Enthusiasts

November 2007 - Know anyone getting a bike for Christmas? If so, a pair of battery-free cyclist-powered pedal lights would be a great gift to keep them safe. The pedal lights are powered by kinetic energy and enable the cyclist to be seen from any angle and up to 1km away, from the side. The pedal lights, manufactured by Pedalite, get a big thumbs up from cycling associations and you will never need to remember to turn them on or replace the batteries.

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A Risky time for cyclists

November 2007 - Former world and European track cycling champion Tony Doyle is warning other cyclists to take extra care during the winter months. He is an ambassador for a Kingston based company, Pedalite International, which has produced new battery-free lights for pedals, which can be clearly seen by motorists at all times

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Bright Ideas for Gifts

November 2007 - the Pedalite battery free pedal powered bicycle light is an award winning product with the beauty of simplicity. A must have for cyclists, it provides 360 degree visibility and can be seen from any angle.

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Country Gear – The Coolest Kit Out This Month

October 2007 - Do your bit for the planet and keep safe while you cycle down those dark country roads this winter. Pedalite's eco-friendly pedal lights are powered by kinetic energy from your pedalling so they don't require environment-bothering AA batteries. There are lights on the front, back and sides of the pedals, so you're seen from all angles, and they stay bright for up to five minutes after you've stopped pedalling, which is handy at junctions. What a bright idea!

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Don't be an Invisible Cyclist When the Clocks Go Back

October 2007 - There is a greater risk of cycle accidents when the clocks go back on Sunday 28th October, with the onset of dark winter evenings. Cyclists can reduce their risk and ensure they can be seen by the motorist at dusk and in the early mornings by fitting new battery-free 360 degree pedal lights from Pedalite International Ltd, which provide always-on lighting to ensure cyclists can be clearly seen by motorists, any time, day or night.

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Review: Flashing Bike Pedals by Pedalite by About.com: Bicycling

October 2007 - The Pedalite pedals have a lot to like about them. ..the marvel of pedalite pedals is that they also feature built-in lights that start blinking like a disco as soon as the cyclist begins turning the pedals.

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Light your Own Way with Pedalite by Everyday Cycling

October 2007 - The Pedalites circumnavigate all these woes by ditching the batteries (and with them all the toxic landfill issues) and harness the kinetic energy produced by your own pedalling motion. The lights are always on, day or night and switch themselves off by themselves.

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End October 2007 - Follow up article: Impressed.. No discernable drag, flashing light in all directions, which continues for a good few minutes after getting back.

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Tony Doyle shines as ambassador for Pedalite

October 2007 - Pedalite of the UK, launched at Interbike in 2004, now has a well-known frontman: Tony Doyle MBE, formerly the event director for the Tour of Britain. Doyle, also Nike's European Cycling Operations Manager, was twice World Pursuit Champion and four times European Track Champion in the 1980s.

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Bike Radar: Pedalite Relaunch

October 2007 - No more having to remember lights or replace batteries as the nights draw in. The Pedalites are powered by pedalling, lighting up as soon as you start turning the cranks. They store charge and stay on for up to five minutes after stopping, and are an ideal backup to regular lights. The tough pedal casing houses flashing LED lights for 360 degree visibility, making sure you'll be seen from the side at junctions.

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The Ethical Shopper

September 2007 - The new pedal powered battery-free pedal lights. They make cyclists easily seen from the front, the rear and, importantly, to the side.

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Carbon Conscious Cyclists Increase Safety with Battery Free, Pedal-Powered Lights

July 2007 - Carbon conscious commuters will no longer have to worry about not being seen by motorists on their cycle journeys to and from work, thanks to new battery-free, pedal-powered lights, from Pedalite International Ltd, part of the Mpower1 Group.

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The London Lite Newspaper - Bike to the Future

July 2007 - Pedalite (Pedalite.com) offer coloured flashing lights that are built in. They require no batteries because they use the motion of the pedals to generate their own electricity.

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Telegraph Newspaper - Gadget Round up

february 2006 - Swap your regular bike pedals for Pedalites and you'll be a mobile Blackpool illumination. The lights, which are powered by your motion, continue to flash even when you stop, heloping to keep you safe.

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Cycling Magazine Advertisment

Various 2006 - Pedalite KPL100 peal lights were promoted throughout 2006 various times with this print advertisiment

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Readers Digest

Cycling is, in theory, good for your health, but at this gloomy time of the year cyclists can feel particuarly vulnerable in traffic. This reader offer provided 100 readers digest readers with a bargain.

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Spectator - Readers Offer

Looking for a Christmas Present. This reader offer advised in that unique Christmas present that would be wanted.

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Do my bit for the environment - Evening Standard

January 2006 - Ditch the car for the bike and kit it out with these nifty battery-free pedal lights. They are powered (via micro generator) by your body enery alone, and start flashing within a minute of pedalling.

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Tested: Pedalite Pedals by Road Cycling UK

2006 - Overall, the pedalite is a great idea and a fantastic product - if you're commuting short distances in the dark you really should invest in a pair.

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Let their Be Light - Daily Echo

December 2005 - Be seen and not hurt, full page feature article.

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Pedalite Self Charing Bike Light by TreeHugger

June 2005 - appreciate the genius of this tiny gem. How many times have you set out for a nighttime trip on your trusty bicycle, only to find that the batteries in your warning flasher have run out completely.

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The Pedalite - Bike Safety without Batteries - Unplugged Living

November 2005 - The pedalite is a cool and unique bike lighting system that combines kinetic energy with a battery-less design for lot's of eco-goodness for you cyclists out there

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Best Bike Lights - Time Out

November 2005 - Pedals with built in flahsing diodes - very clever. These get their power by motion alone and are as bright as any LED with allow. In fact you get three diodes per pedal (White, amber, red) offerig ful 360 degree visibility