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Favorite ways to light up your bike in the winter? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by bruhbeans@lemmy.ml to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
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Where I live, it'll soon be dark by 16:30. I have a good headlight and an ok taillight on my winter ride but I'd like to add some fun, funky lights for added visibility and lolz. There's a lot of crap out there especially on Amazon, what have you all had good experiences with?

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[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For me I'll only ever run red lights on the rear and white lights on the front, lights are there for your safety primarily and other road users need to know which direction you are facing and travelling in. I dont want to be a Christmas tree.

I've always found the best way to be seen is to have a light or combination of lights that have an always on elements as well as some kind of flash. The always on element so that you are never in the dark from any direction between a flash and a flash pattern that has a random element. Anything that has a constant predictable flash is likely to be ignored, not always intentionally by the people you want to be seen by due to the predictable nature.

Added on top I have a good reflective jacket and for the cold winter months I wear bib tights that have reflective patches on the legs as well which adds another moving lit up area.