Knog were showing off their funky Beetle (2 LED), Gekko (3 LED) and Skink (4 LED) lights at Eurobike – they use a similar silicon rubber mount to Knog’s more expensive light systems which means you can mount then pretty much anywhere there’s space. We’ve got a front Skink and rear Beetle to test, so we’ll give them a run out at our 12hr relay race on Saturday and let you know what they’re like. They certainly look cool… Coming from an industrial design background Knog’s gear is always pretty good looking, and usually works well to boot. We’re a big fan of their bags, and the Gator light systems are high quality commuting gear too. Also on the Knog stand at Eurobike were the diminutive new tool range, the most fully featured of which packs 18 tools (including a chain tool and a pedal spanner) into a 48mmx48mm case. Their range of Goatskin commuter gloves was also pretty smart. 
Knog Skink lights, tool and gloves
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@tomlew I've had one of these for a couple of years and have dropped it/had it thrown off my bike a few times, still going strong even with a few scuffs in the body!
@ROOTminus1 I used to be excited about his creations but now that they are exclusively Scott frames (sponsorship obligations) they’ve become boring, I hate to say, looking more like aesthetic concepts than something you’d actually want to ride. It would be far more interesting to see weight weenie work with small builders or metal for something more unique.
@dreamlx10 Well, someone said if he'd said it whilst he was "rapping" it would have been okay. So, as things are clearly not okay, that person must be assuming he wasn't "rapping". Please be consistent with your WUM efforts.
@kevgravelkev Pondering whether the 10 in the username refers to age, IQ or both.
@Rome73 He couldn't say the same about those things as they were all legal at the time they were taking place. These electric motorbikes are already illegal to ride in public space.
@dreamlx10 oh dear...
@kevgravelkev How do you know he wasn't ?
@Rome73 The examples you give relate to issues which came up long after those were found to be bad ideas or dangerous. We knew long ago of the problems with illegal e-bikes, the reason for the EAPC regs in the first place.
@Circles you could say the same about so many things; we used to permit smoking on busses and in offices, we used to permit the use of small children to clean chimneys and operate dangerous machinery, we used to permit 14 year olds to drive 125cc motorbikes. Sometimes legislation takes time to catch up with technology and attitudes.
So for years now we have allowed imports of illegal e-bikes and conversion kits, we have spent huge amounts of money on the police to remove them from our streets, and now at last we propose to do something about it. What a stupid country we are. Government ??
5 thoughts on “Knog Skink lights, tool and gloves”
Rear lights..
Lost my Topeak back light this morning… first pothole on my first commute on my new Bowery, it bounced under the wheels of the car behind me. 🙁 Must admit the clip attachment to the rack was pretty naff – not recommended!
They look good but, are the Knog ones able to rotate with changes in seat pin and seat stay angles or are they fixed?
re: Rear lights
Yeah they seem pretty good, you can’t rotate them through 90deg or anything like that, but the nature of the one-piece rubber fixing system means that they should fix to pretty much any part of your bike, even quite flat section seat-stays, just tried it out with the front ones (which also fit okay on oversized bars – with a bit of a stretch). The rear light is much the same, but smaller… small enough that I put it down and now I can’t find it.
Small but Mighty
Any chance of ‘loosing’ it into a SAE? 😉
Just found it!
Maybe, but not yet
Stars and Bars Commuter Gloves?, please…
Don’t know what kind of commuting the folks at Knog do, but I don’t think the Stars and Stripes goatskin fellas will go with my normal commuting ensemble (i.e. my normal duds)
Last time I saw gloves like that, they were on some American bloke rocket biking across the Grand Canyon.
Like the mini multi tool though – wonder if any of the tools actually work?