Update!

Our move to Colorado went well and we're settling into the new environment quite well! The riding around Boulder, both road and mountain, is absolutely gorgeous and I've been getting in some super fun miles. There are a few groups in the area that do really fun weekly night rides and it's been great to get out and meet new folks and enjoy the spectacular Colorado riding.

During the course of our big move I had some time to ponder the future of Tarsier Lighting Systems. Over the past few years I've really enjoyed developing new and efficient lighting technologies for cycling use. Consistent advances in LED efficiency made it possible for me to stay far ahead of larger manufacturers through early adoption and implementation of the latest and greatest emitters, optics, and electronics available. We had a great run and sold more lights than I ever expected.

Recently we got to a point where I had to make some tough decisions. I've put a lot of my personal time and effort into developing these lights, and it has been very rewarding to see them get used, abused and enjoyed. Unfortunately, I'm sad to say that I have decided to stop producing lights. Tarsier Lighting Systems was a concept with tremendous potential, but without a significant injection of capital it would have been impossible to grow the company to a sustainable and profitable level. I had a blast and learned a lot about running a company, logistics, management, product development, and too many other topics to list. It was fun, challenging, and very rewarding but it is time for me to move on.

Our move to Colorado came at an excellent time. I've just finished my engineering degree and I'm really looking forward to exploring all the options that are in front of me. There are lots of engineering, design, and manufacturing jobs in the greater Denver area and I'm officially on the job hunt. Ideally I can find a position that will allow me to use my technical and creative abilities to do something cool. There's a bunch of alternative energy action in the area as well as some top tier bicycle and component manufacturers and I'm confident that I'll find something exciting.

I have to extend a tremendous "Thank You!" to all the riders and shops in North Florida and throughout the Southeast that spread the word about Tarsier Lights, especially Paul at Bikes & More, Lex and Joe at Villin Cycleworks and Mike and Gus at Mr. Goodbike. I really appreciate everyone's unwavering support and positive word-of-mouth advertising, thanks to you I never had to go crazy with marketing and I still sold lights as fast as I could make them.

A big thanks also to the TT crew in Gainesville and their unreal urban trail network. You guys continually inspire me! You're some of the best test riders and friends I could imagine having and the TT rides present some incredibly demanding test conditions for bicycle electronics. If you guys can't break it no one can! I miss you all.

For all you guys that have lights that I built, don't worry... I'm more than happy to help you out if you ever have an issue with anything! Just fill out the contact form on the website (which will remain up) and I'll get right back with you. If for some reason the site is down or I don't respond in a timely manner shoot me an email at my personal address: stevez743 at gmail.com

Thanks for the great years!

Steve Ziegler

P.S. I do have a few parts left to build Occams, so if you really, really want one I could probably be convinced to fire up the soldering iron and put one together. Also, if you have a really interesting project that you want LED lights developed for, give me a shout, I might be up for doing some one-off stuff.