Posts Tagged ‘ bike lights ’

Dead Frog

Dead Frog

No - not this kind of dead frog, though it does look like an ideal isotonic, carbohydrate-based drink for after a long (or short) ride… No - I mean my Knog Frog Strobe. I was given a red one last autumn, and thought that paired with a white one for the front, it’d be ideal...
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My Lit-Up-Like-A-Christmas-Tree-Bike

My Lit-Up-Like-A-Christmas-Tree-Bike

I double-dare anyone to say that they didn’t see me. On the back, that’s two nice and bright flashing lights, plus a string of ten red LEDs trailing out of my saddle bag’s side pocket. These flap around in the breeze and are very noticeable. On the front, that’s a Blackburn Quadrant shining steady, and my...
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The Night I Became Invisible

The Night I Became Invisible

A few weeks ago I got a new a front light. It’s one of those SSC-P7 LED units that turns night into day when you’re riding out in the country, and has a strobe setting that I use in town, and defy any driver to claim he hadn’t seen. From about a mile away. Even...
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Redundant Luminessence

I’m becoming increasingly paranoid about not being seen by drivers on the road. This is getting worse as the days get shorter, and I’m spending more and more time riding at night. To compensate, I’m getting towards being dressed up like a Christmas tree . . . Two very bright white lights on the handlebars...
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