Originally Posted by
Troul
From my riding experience, the bright flashing rear tailight & a nice bright headlight (steady or on fade) has been the eye catcher for others. Any time I am out in the daytime in a dense traffic area, I usually have a few people tell me they spotted me a "mile away!" with the lighting being used.
I've been called out by motorists who say they appreciate me being lit up like a christmas tree in the daytime. And then once another cyclist came up from behind telling me he saw me from a mile away with my brightly coloured construction worker's reflector t-shirt.