Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
....The more tail lights one can have the better able motorists will see you. I've been doing the same thing that Chris Pringles says he does for a good 30 years and that's using at least two tail lights with the brightest one on steady and the others on flash. I like to put my 2 flashing ones on my stays and the steady one on my seat bag or on my seat post, this forms sort of a triangle. Combine that effect with ankle reflectors and whatever other reflectors you have and you should be noticed by all but a drunk. But get the brightest tail light you can afford initially then later add to it as money becomes available....
Coincidental that you should say this. About a week ago I added two small rear lamps to my seat stays for the same "Triangle effect" that you mentioned. While they're not that bright, maybe 10-15 lumen each, on flash they are still eye-catching. Not sure how I'm going to use them, steady or flash. If I use them on flash I'm thinking of putting my seatpost lamp ( Performance Axiom ( Serfas TL-60 clone ) on low steady. Funny but on low/steady the Performance lamp just blows the two small lamps out of the water. Thats' okay with me though as it should still have a better effect at long range. Not to mention I'll still be using a very bright ( ~ 180 lumen on high flash ) Gemini Iris lamp on back of my helmet set on pulse/flash, the brightest setting.
Today I did some more shopping on Amazon. I'm already thinking about upgrading the seat-stay set-up to something brighter...maybe. Found something I thought was interesting as I like what I'm seeing with rear lamps that use the narrow/mirco-led format. The newest version of the Serfas Thunderbolt is interesting because it now offers an audible warning when in low power mode, expensive though. Anyway I like that the lamps with the narrow design mirco-led panels can be made to mount parallel with a seat stay ( on some models ). The down side is that they don't offer great run times on high. The upside is even on low they are still damn bright. I found something on Amazon I think I might like....Ah, shoot me...damn if I ain't a bike light junkie! Sometimes I wish I didn't own a credit card.
