Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
While I agree about daytime, it's still far more visibility than nothing at night. A steady light also makes it easy to track where you are on the bike from behind you.
I agree, it's easy to lose a cyclist if they run only a flashing rear light at night. The flashing light draws the attention to you and the steady light allows them to keep track your location. I am not a fan of strobing lights in the darkness. I also think reflective gear is at least as important as lighting in the dark. I use a cheap coin-cell flashing light on my helmet at night time as a flasher and turn my Dinotte 300r on steady-low mode. Combined with the reflective gear there's no way a car overtaking me is going to miss me at night.