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Old 05-11-11, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnJ80
I do a lot of riding at night.

You need a minimum of 500 lumens out the front.
Magicshine is sort of the bottom of the barrel.
What you REALLY do need though is a very bright taillight. The brightest ones out there are Dinotte and I'd recommend either the 200 or 400L.


WOW!!! OK then.
Anyway, you'll find that many people will recommend Planet Bike Super flash or RADBOT 1000 for the rear and Magicshine or Cree/P7 lights with mount (front) from Dealextreme or ShiningBeam (to name a few). I have all of them and (except for the P7 lights) am very happy.
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