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12-27-13 | 09:40 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by Nikon Rep

after about 26 years of riding without a light I finally bought one.

it has two settings...flashing/pulsing or solid.

what are the reasons why one better than the other or which situations call for either ?

If a front light is bright enough, you shouldn't need a flashing light to get a driver's attention. And if the light isn't bright enough that you need to use the flash to get a driver's attention, you've wasted your money...especially in the day and age of $20 LED lamps that put out 600 or 700 lumens.

Rear lights are a different story. They aren't as intense (nor should they be) as front lights. Although the only thing I have to go on is personal observation, I run one rear light in steady mode so that drivers can judge the distance to me and several on flash to get their attention.

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