{"id":675,"date":"2007-10-05T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/05\/bike-lights-for-commuting\/"},"modified":"2007-10-05T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-05T12:34:00","slug":"bike-lights-for-commuting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/05\/bike-lights-for-commuting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Lights for commuting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Its getting dark again… I am not night riding my mountain bike yet, I have a few more weeks for that. But I ride to work in the dark every day. My ride is in the city and on some dark side roads and a park. So I like to be bright. I use three led’s on the rear of the bike and a LED in the front along with a dynamo head light. You have to be seen…<\/p>\n

Rear blinky #1: Blackburn Mars 3.0<\/a>
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This light has been in use on my bike for over a year now. It has 7 LEDs, two of which are on the sides that emit an amber light to increase your side visitbility. It has many blinking modes, a nice seal to keep the water out and for a long time I thought it was the brightest rear light you could get. It was about $14 at REI.<\/p>\n

Rear Blinky #2: Planet Bike Superflash<\/a>
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Good lord this is the brightest LED I have ever seen. It is blindingly bright, you can even see it during the day time. I am awed by the awesomeness that is this light. It has 3 LEDs, two regular and one super insane bright mega light. It is pricey at $24 and seems much cheaper made than the blackburn, but most planet bike stuff is kinda chincy. However there is nothing chincy about the light that comes out of this thing! I mounted it on my rear rack and I cannot be missed with this on.<\/p>\n

Rear Blinky #3: Some Free thing
I put a blinky light on my blackburn metro helmet<\/a>. I figure its higher up and moves around, gets attention.
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Front Lights:
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Now to the front, I have Shimano Nexxus\/Dynamo hub. Which is nice, it really lights up the road and lets you both see and be seen. I also use a Knog Frog light. I bitched about this light before, but I was thinking I would use it to see, its not meant for that, its meant to be seen. And it has 5 blinking modes, 6 LEDs and uses the rubber body to mount it anyhow you want. I have it mounted on my carbon fork.<\/p>\n

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Also I wear the a reflective vest, Nathan Sports makes a great cycling specific vest <\/a>with an embedded LED strip that is nice. I’ll do a better review of it later, but for now, I recommend it.<\/p>\n

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Plus lastly the city looked cool this morning.<\/p>\n

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