New Bike Lights

[VanTrekker]

<p style="margin: 0px;" align="center"><img style="width: 360px; height: 142px;" border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://www.wecycle.de/out/pictures/master/product/1/onwtochcg_p1.jpg" width="292" height="297"></p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">I started riding the bike again recently after letting it gather dust for a number of years.&nbsp; I must have been asleep but headlights and taillights have really become powerful in recent years with the advancement of LED technology.&nbsp; </p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Today I bought a Bontrager Ion2 headlamp and Flare 3 tail light.&nbsp; The taillight can be seen for close to a mile.&nbsp; This should make biking a lot more fun (and safer)...&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">This weekend I plan to put the van in the campground and commute back and forth to town by bike (6 miles each way).&nbsp; Good lights are a necessity.&nbsp; They ain't cheap - about $65 for the pair, but definitely helpful.&nbsp; I plan to carry the headlight in my pack since it was expensive and detaches in a couple of seconds...</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">One other thought - this light would be very useful when hiking close to dusk.&nbsp; It's extremely bright yet compact.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Anyone else using the Bontrager lights on his/her bike?&nbsp; Or something similar?</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">V.T.</p>

 

[lampliter]

I've been using Cateyes; thanks for the info.<br>

 

[Seraphim]

Niterider miNewts: one on the handlebar one on the helmet. Waterproof. Two flashers on back that focus a large red pattern on the road, as well. Can't think of the manufacturer offhand. A yellow reflective flag.

Commute to work at 4:30 am.

 

[bobbert]

I've been using a 300 lumen PowerLed headlite mfg. by Sigma. I got it from Nashbar 2 yrs ago for $99, and it came with a charger &amp; battery. The nice thing about it is that it also has a battery backup located in the headlite body. Three settings, and 3.5 to 11 hours of lighting.<div><br></div><div><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BMgOTx2IL._SL500_AA300_.jpg"><br><div><br></div><div>For the rear lites, I use NiteRider Cherrybomb. I have two on the sides of the pannier rack of my Bike Friday, and one generic lite in the middle of the rack.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ABaUTqoYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg"></div></div>

 

[bobbert]

On a side note,&nbsp;<div>I was on a short ride tonite, and while a motorist was passing me in my lane, he almost hit a vehicle head-on in the opposite lane!&nbsp;</div><div>Some road rage then ensued with honking of the horn &amp; &nbsp;flipping of the middle finger...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Be careful out there! Motorists are NUTS!!!</div>

 

[kwest]

<p>I Commute about thesame as you are planning, Im 7 miles each way using the most direct which sometimes changes when the weathers nice and the wind is down. But I also use Cateyes for my main lights and another set of cheap blinkies just to make sure I get peoples attention. Most of my ride is on the shoulder of a road with a speed limit of 65 and most going over that. Unfortunetly i live in Wy, so this is the only road I can take for 4 miles of my ride</p>