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Friday Schwag Grab Blackburn Flea lights: we have the winners!

It's back! the nights are drawing in so grab yourself some cool lights.....

Tiffin has been taken, the random number generator fired up and the big red button pressed. So it's time to announce the winners of this week's Schwag Grab. And they are (drum roll)...

Keith Underdown
osnago
Noddy
radar
john-o

Congrats to the lucky winners and commiserations to y'all who missed out. Next week: some natty pedals!

[here's the original story]

The Schwag Grab has been away for a bit but now it's back! And this week we've got five sets of Blackburn Flea front and rear lights to offload on you lucky chancers courtesy of our pals at Madison.

If you haven't seen the Flea lights before, well they're mad clever: the lights are rechargeable and the come with a little charging unit that attaches magnetically to any standard AA battery: they work with rechargeables too.

Once they've had their fill they'll run for between 3 and 12 hours, depending on mode, before you need to top them up. And they only weigh 17g each, so even the most stringent of racing snakes should be okay with them.

The rules are as usual: just comment on this story to be in the hat. No multiple posts please. We'll draw the winner on Friday at about tiffin-time. Mmmm, tiffin.

You can read more about the Blackburn Flea lights here

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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monkeyjo | 14 years ago
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I've not seen the light!

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miffed | 14 years ago
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Lights please

J

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narch | 14 years ago
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Just broke the clip on my rear light so your generosity would be well timed.
narch

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mrchrispy | 14 years ago
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handy little backups.

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Jan1973 | 14 years ago
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Just what I need for the Cotic Roadrat I have on order (which I bought on the strength of the review on this very site) - luvverlee  4

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glenboyo | 14 years ago
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I am geeky enough to truly appreciate these. Ta.

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sc129806 | 14 years ago
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I want to be a flea flasher. Count me in please  1

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GIANT Dave | 14 years ago
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Very neat design. Nice.

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tommyketchup | 14 years ago
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I wouldn't kill a flea for them lights  10

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The Great Cornholio | 14 years ago
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Cool............ B)

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osanago | 14 years ago
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I could really have done with these on Sunday morning at 5.30am when I was cycling home in the rain from my parents cause my husband had gone out on the piss & 'lost' his keys!!!!

Osa

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peterwood | 14 years ago
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I've seen the light

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spicypedro | 14 years ago
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I'd love a set. Count me in.

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woody | 14 years ago
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I feel such a fool for having needlessly carted round batteries for so long! Please count me in.

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RobT | 14 years ago
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Roadmen are too busy with their noses on the front wheel to notice what lights they are using and MTBers wouldn't notice the weight difference on their super heavy alu tanks. A Super-light-Bromptonaut would truly appreciate these little delights. Therefore they're mine! P.S Do these lights fold up?

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nobled | 14 years ago
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Shine on me!

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finbar | 14 years ago
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I got cautioned by the police for riding without lights once... can i have them please?

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kaz | 14 years ago
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Flea lights, rechargeable ones, didn't I hear that you can re-charge things whilst riding? I'm sure that when I was a lad I had something called a dynamo, do they still exist?

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mspoke | 14 years ago
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Who'd have thunk I'd need lights in July, but yes, the weather is so bad I do really need these...

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schilbach | 14 years ago
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Sweet!!

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ted | 14 years ago
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I really like the look of them. Please send me a set?

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Comrade | 14 years ago
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Those lights look good!

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robdeanhove | 14 years ago
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Great idea, but do they work with rechargeable AA batteries, seems to imply one needs to use disposable alkaline batteries? Surely this needs changing?

Anyway, nice to see someone doing something different.

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dalbyk | 14 years ago
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My son has just (quite suddenly!) gotten into cycling and is awaiting his new Rock Lobster bike (after riding his dads Kona for a while) I think these lights would be perfect for him!

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andyspaceman | 14 years ago
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A plea for a free flea for me, this Fridee...

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aclucas | 14 years ago
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Nice

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wez | 14 years ago
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count me in, i need something to brighten me up on those long dreary night commutes.

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billiobob | 14 years ago
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Blackburn Flea come to me
Welcome as a cup of tea

Light me home on dark nights
Stop me from car collision frights

Do not encumber me with weight
And get left behind by my speedy mate

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ed | 14 years ago
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due to energy cutbacks the lights at the end of the tunnel have been switched off  13

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SimpleSimon | 14 years ago
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I can't compete with the Poetry and Humour above, so just me in please!

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