I have a couple cheap lights on my Strada. A 430 cp Bell iPulse HD which I usually have flashing during the morning commute (when it's mostly light) and a little adapter on the handlebar next to it, with an AAA flash light with 9 leds in it. That one, when I run it, is on steady. They both put out a fair amount of light, but I have not run them in the pitch dark. Sooooo, I think that Saturday night I'm going to wait for it to get good and dark and take the bike out and try it where there aren't any cars (like up on the bike path along the lake) and see if I can see well enough to ride in on Monday. As for the District Manager, he was without anyone in my position for the last year, and now I'm working for him and doing the job well, and he is scared to death (like most guys who commute in a truck) that I'm going to get hit on the road during my commute and he'll have to go through the hassle of filling the position again. I don't think he has anything but my best interests in mind when he tells me NOT to ride the bike to work for a little while.

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL