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NIGHT SHIFT | bomber rally style bike lights

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Modular ruggedized bike lights made from anodized aluminum and silicone.

GRITBy GRIT
First created

NIGHT SHIFT | bomber rally style bike lights

Modular ruggedized bike lights made from anodized aluminum and silicone.

$3,190
pledged of $8,000pledged of $8,000 goal
56
backers
0seconds to go
Product DesignSanta Cruz, CA
Funding Unsuccessful
The project's funding goal was not reached on Sun, March 8 2015 10:11 PM UTC +00:00
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What is NIGHT SHIFT? A modular ruggedized bike light that utilizes a high powered tactical flashlight form factor wrapped in a silicone holder. It is available as purely just a holder (add your own flashlight) or as a complete bike light with the Night Shift purpose built flashlight. 

Complete Night Shift
Complete Night Shift
nothin wrong with the way that looks
nothin wrong with the way that looks
Perfect light for beach cruisers
Perfect light for beach cruisers
Orange Night Shift - It glows for extra safety + cool factor!
Orange Night Shift - It glows for extra safety + cool factor!
Timeless
Timeless
Scorching bright for serious trail riding
Scorching bright for serious trail riding
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What makes NIGHT SHIFT rugged? Night Shift flashlights are made from anodized aluminum with rubber seals making them bomber and weatherproof. And if that wasn't enough we then wrap them with a silicone holder. Grooves on the inside of the silicone provide airflow to improve cooling. The complete light is then held to your handlebars with a thick silicone band holding it steady yet allowing for smooth adjustment. 

Night Shift - in use
Night Shift - in use
Tested...
Tested...
...and abused
...and abused
Vented
Vented

What makes NIGHT SHIFT modular? The Night Shift holder is made from soft silicone allowing it to stretch and conform to a variety of flashlight shapes. The Night Shift purpose built flashlights are modular as well. Every part is upgradable so as we make improvements or add different options you only need to upgrade what you want to upgrade. This also means that the Night Shift lights are repairable so when something goes wrong you can fix it instead of chucking it. Having a removable battery allows you to carry spare batteries for those extra long night rides. Most other self contained lights have a non-removable battery limiting your ride time to one charge and when the battery no longer holds a charge the entire bike light becomes land fill. 

Countless options
Countless options
modular design
modular design
Choose your color
Choose your color

 What have we done so far?

Tooling is done - Sample batch has been tested
Tooling is done - Sample batch has been tested
Packaging is done
Packaging is done
We received great feedback from the 2014 SF Bike Expo
We received great feedback from the 2014 SF Bike Expo

 Why do we need Kickstarter?  We are ready to pull the trigger for production and will use the Kickstarter proceeds to purchase inventory. 

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Bottle Biter $12
Stop Sign BUSTER t-shirt - $18
Stop Sign BUSTER t-shirt - $18
BOTTLE BITER t-shirt - $18
BOTTLE BITER t-shirt - $18
Burnt Toast Pedestal Bike stand - $650
Burnt Toast Pedestal Bike stand - $650

Risks and challenges

We are confident that we have set a realistic delivery date based on our combined product development experience of over 20 years. With that said we also know that things don't always go as expected. Our number one risk to the schedule is if the mass produced products do not meet the same standard as our verification builds. While this is a low risk, we will reject products that do not meet our high standard. We will keep our backers informed if there is any change to the schedule.

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