A lot of people ask us if the DLG is suitable for the type of hard city riding they do. Fortunately, our patent-pending shockproofing technique that protects the superbright lamp from breaking inside its housing. You can ride offroad, down stairs, off curbs. Just ride how you normally ride.

The Down Low Glow is also made with a shatterproof exterior housing similar to the material used in bulletproof glass. Rocks and parking meters won’t break it. So relax, and ride.

Check the video below for more on shockproofing.

Just because you’ve decided to stay safe and stylish when you commute by bike doesn’t mean you want to load your rig down with extra weight. The kid inside you still enjoys edging out that spandex-clad racer to the last gleamings of a yellow light. You love tight turns and fast descents and you don’t want your bike to slow you down. Luckily, the Down Low Glow only adds a little over a pound to your bike. You can still lift it up on your shoulder for the flight of stairs to the subway, and you won’t notice the difference in your cruising speed.

Sure, some people pay hundreds of dollars to shave a couple ounces off their wheels, but weight on your wheels and weight on your frame are totally different due to a physics phenomenon called rotational mass. Adding a pound to your frame is hardly noticeable.

Let’s say you want to go on a fast daytime ride. You can remove the DLG’s battery with a quick tug on the wide Velcro strap, and you’ve instantly gotten rid of 85% of the weight of the product. Most people who hold the DLG’s shockproof light tubes in their hands at Rock The Bike trade shows say “Oh, this weighs nothing.”

So rest assured that adding the amazing visibility and cool safety of the Down Low Glow to your bike won’t slow you down. Keep your bike svelte and safe with the Down Low Glow.

Many bike lights need to be installed with a screwdriver or a wrench. The Down Low Glow has a secure, shockproof mounting system that requires no tools to install. Just stretch the rubber straps around your frame and pop the DLG’s light tube into the plastic clip. We searched long and hard at industrial trade shows to find a clip that was easy to use, durable, and sleek. As you can see from the photo above, it doesn’t interfere with the brake and shifter cables on your bicyle.

For our dual tube systems, there’s are a couple velcro cinch straps to tighten in addition to this clip.

We could have used zip ties in our mounting system. But zip ties are a single use product. So you’d need more of them if you ever want to move the Down Low Glow to another bike.

A lot of our customers have more than one bike and want to move their lights from bike to bike depending on who they’re with, how far their going. On one night, I might take the cruiser. On another night, I might need to carry something, so I take the Xtracycle. If I’m leading a social ride, I’ll take the Soul Cycle. Our no-tools mounting kit makes it easy to have fun with your entire bike fleet, and loan your Down Low Glow lights to friends, too.

The Down Low Glow’s light tubes are lightweight, sleek, and very futuristic, with their chrome reflectors and end caps. They are shockproof, low profile, and water resistant(10 out of 10 recently passed a dunk test).

They weigh next to nothing, as nearly all of the weight in the Down Low Glow system is in the 1lb battery pack. Most of our customers choose to leave them on the bike all the time.