Originally Posted by
e0richt
you guys are more hardcore than I am and want to know what products, gizmos you would recommend me get to update my night setup...
I have been a fair weather commuter and I will ride a bikes direct steel road / touring bike (low end).
I use an ortlieb backpack to carry change of clothes.
I have
- a reflective vest (chartreuse).
- a cree 1200 lumen rechargeable head light (off of amazon) and white reflector for the front
- a serfas taillight with a seat bag that has reflective stripe and piping.
- a shoulder blinkie (usually worn by walkers / joggers)
- a helmet with reflective stickers on it
- a gizmo called "safeturn" which is a "turn signal" system that attaches to your wrists.
- two lights (one per wheel) that attaches to the spokes.
anything else I need? is what I have overkill? last season I was going to handle night riding but chickened out...
Sounds like you have a great set up. For urban night riding/commuting, I use a lezyne superdrive, (1 or 1+1 on helmet), and a front small white flasher. On the rear, I have a lezyme femto and planet bike basic commuter. This system works great, especially with the two superdrives on the bike and helmet.
The major recommendation is to have backup batteries/charging. I keep some triple As and CR2032 batteries in my pannier, as well as a backup lezyne battery.