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One23 and Vangard Schwag: we have a winner!

Super bright lights for your bike and a toasty top for you...

Well tiffin has been taken (Tony was a bit cross actually cause the tiffin was taken by the time he arrived...) and the fickle finger of fate has pressed the button on the random number generator. And do you know what? You've won...

texas ted!

Yup, Ted gets the lights and top to help out his winter training around the frozen lanes of Salisbury. Congrats to him, and commiserations to everyone else who entered, over 650 of you.

There'll be more schwag along tomorrow in the form of some tidy indoor training gear. So get your commenting fingers at the ready...

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Winter may be closing in but never fear: road.cc's Schwag Grab is here to lighten the gloom and beat the chill. Courtesy of our good friends at Todayscyclist.co.uk we've got a a set of One23 Extreme Bright 3W Li-Ion lights backed up with a One 23 Super bright rear LED ensuring that you and your bike will be lit up like a Christmas tree this winter AND that's not all: you'll be toasty warm too, courtesy of a Vangard Windflex Rollneck in the size of your choice.

Powered by light weight and powerful Li-Ion batteries the Extreme Bright 3 High performance light boasts three lighting modes, a run time indicator, and can be handlebar or helmet mounted. Oh, and mounting is tool free. Normally it would set you back £109.99. We recently reviewed its baby brother – the NiMh powered One23 Extreme Bright 1 – and we were well impressed with the amount of punch it packed for the price… this one is brighter and lighter still.

The One23 Super Bright LED is a nifty bit of kit too, featuring a red or white ½ watt LED backed up by two further LEDs. Run time is a claimed 100 hours and One23 reckon it's visible from 1000m. So quite visible then. It's worth £14.99.

More cleverness is on show in the Vangard Windflex Zipneck top which has a windproof Windflex panel at the front and on the shoulders to keep icy blasts at bay teamed with polyester microfiber panels under the arms and on the back to help wick sweat and dissipate heat – we'll be testing one soon. In the meantime they're available in the shops for £79.99 or, if you win our schwag grab, for free.

Usual schwag grab format for this one, just comment below and you're in the grab – we'll be drawing the lucky winner next Thursday when the big hand is pointing to tiffin and the little hand is putting the kettle on.

Good luck!

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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richred_uk | 13 years ago
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Lovely set of kit - yes please

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itch | 13 years ago
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Me Me Me pleeeeeaaaase

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charliemac74 | 13 years ago
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Can I make it spawny schwag?

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mr_fox | 13 years ago
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why not, go on then....

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andybwhite | 13 years ago
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kentdowner | 13 years ago
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Yes please, the wife will be able to keep my old lights now, seems only fair as she keeps 'borrowing' them!

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cavasta | 13 years ago
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You've never had it so good.

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Vikeonabike | 13 years ago
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go on then...if you insist put my name in the hat too!

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winprint | 13 years ago
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One, 2, 3 send some lights to illuminate me.  16

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Blackhound | 13 years ago
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I can see the light...

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alotronic | 13 years ago
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Grab.

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haggisinlondon | 13 years ago
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Light me up please

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Myriadgreen | 13 years ago
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PIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK MMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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jamescycling | 13 years ago
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Very nice, thank you

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nordljus | 13 years ago
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I seriously need some lighting up here in nor-way. it's pitch black.

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hanny152 | 13 years ago
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Let there be light

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ciman | 13 years ago
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Me please  16

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Ridire | 13 years ago
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For the icy darkness up here...

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giff77 | 13 years ago
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I'm in - getting a tad dark up here!!!

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hamp | 13 years ago
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this is a comment

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antonio | 13 years ago
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One-two-three- let it be me!!!

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spicypedro | 13 years ago
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I'm in.

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TheHatter | 13 years ago
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scwagging brilliant!

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David cycling t... | 13 years ago
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For the bad snow here in county Durham (especially the area i live) some lights to brighten the night up and a top should help keep my warm  4

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Stofish | 13 years ago
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I have discovered, to my dismay, that it is somewhat impractical to dress entirely in Buffs and as such these items would seem most useful.

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Stefan | 13 years ago
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this would be much appreciated addition for my futile lighting attempts >.<

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badback | 13 years ago
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Yes please 'cos it's grim up north.

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Didge | 13 years ago
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In the beginning was a world
Man said: let there be more light.

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StumpyRider | 13 years ago
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Scha-weet! Liking that! :o)

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Decster | 13 years ago
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maybe i'll cross my gingers for this one then and hope  7

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