IN BRIEF
SIGMA announced on 26 August an overhaul of its bike lighting range, the Smart Light Series: four new AURA headlights, three new HIRO rear lights, and a system that goes all the way up to radar. The flagship, the AURA 170 HB LINK, adds a high beam switched on from a remote fitted to the handlebar, without letting go of the bars, which then takes lighting up to 170 lux; it is announced at €169.95. At the entry level, the AURA 70 claims 70 lux and up to 28 hours of run time, and sells for €84.95 as a bundle with the HIRO 30 rear light. On the HIRO 50 rear lights, a sensor detects deceleration and switches on a brake light.
| AURA 170 HB LINK | up to 170 lux on high beam — 169,95 € |
| AURA 90 | 90 lux |
| AURA 70 | 70 lux, up to 28 h of run time |
| HIRO 30 (rear light) | 24,95 € |
| AURA 70 + HIRO 30 bundle | 84,95 € |
| AURA 90 + HIRO 30 bundle | 94,95 € |
| AURA 170 HB LINK + HIRO 50 LINK bundle | 199,95 € |
| AURA 170 HB LINK + RECO 80 LINK bundle (radar) | 329,95 € |
Bike lighting has long been a simple object: you switch it on, it lights the road, you recharge it. Sigma has just announced a range that borrows its vocabulary squarely from the car industry — high beam, brake light, radar. The Smart Light Series, unveiled on 26 August, reorganises the German manufacturer’s lighting catalogue, and its flagship, the Sigma AURA 170 HB LINK, sums up its ambition.
What Sigma’s Smart Light Series changes
The press release describes the line-up as running “from smart everyday essentials through to the connected lighting system with HIGH BEAM, brake light, app and radar”. In practice, SIGMA now sorts its lights into two families. The CORE SERIES gathers the standalone models, to be fitted and forgotten. According to the press release, the LINK SERIES networks the lights: a front light drives the compatible rear lights, the whole set is configured from the brand’s own app, and a rear radar can be grafted onto it.
Four new AURA front lights and three new HIRO rear lights join the catalogue, where the AURA 100 LINK stays on the roster. The split is legible: the AURA 70 and 90 hold the CORE SERIES, the AURA 120 LINK and 170 HB LINK open the LINK SERIES.
Sigma AURA 170 HB LINK: a high beam switched on without letting go of the bars
This is the range’s central argument, and it comes down to a single gesture. SIGMA presents the AURA 170 HB LINK as “the flagship of the new generation”, aimed at cyclists “who regularly ride particularly dark, unlit and demanding routes”. The light carries a second beam, activated by a separate remote mounted on the handlebar — “without having to take a hand off the bars”, the press release states. With the high beam on, “up to 170 lux are available”.
The brake light moves into the CORE SERIES
At the rear, the new development concerns braking. On the HIRO 50, “when the integrated sensor detects deceleration, the brake light is activated; under particularly hard braking, a fast-flashing emergency brake light draws the attention of following traffic”. The brake light arrives in the CORE SERIES, on a light that needs neither an app nor pairing: according to the press release, the HIRO 50 is the “high-performance successor” to the BLAZE, already in the catalogue. The HIRO 50 LINK carries these functions over and adds networking.
The HIRO 30, for its part, plays the endurance card. SIGMA presents it as “the replacement for the SIGMA INFINITY”, banking on “long battery life and reliable everyday visibility”, and lists it at €24.95 — the entry point of the range.
Prices ranging from €24.95 to €329.95
The press release also gives prices for sets pairing a front light with a rear light. The AURA 70 together with the HIRO 30 comes to €84.95, the same combination with the AURA 90 to €94.95. At the top of the catalogue, the AURA 170 HB LINK pairs with the HIRO 50 LINK for €199.95, and with the RECO 80 LINK radar for €329.95 — the latter amounting to a complete lighting system doubled with detection of vehicles approaching from behind.
The press release announces a staggered arrival from 26 August and then during September, at specialist retailers and on the brand’s website. It does not break down a timetable by market: as at the date of the announcement, no specific French date had been given.
