Originally Posted by Michel Gagnon
There are headlights sold with a harness that attaches to the head (for other outdoors activities) or to the helmet. I don't know how easy or hard it is to attach, but I'd suspect that most of these would fit on most helmets. As for helmet-mounted taillights, you could attach a small fairly omni-directional taillight such as the Vistalite Eclipse through the holes of your helmet. Or you could attach the Planet Bike helmet-mounted taillight, which is made to stay level when you ride. However, the Planet Bike is a little weak compared to the Vistalite and some have complained that it's not pothole-resistant.
Another point about using a headlight on your helmet. Where do you look normally? On the plus side, you can get noticed by looking through the eyes of a car driver, to a pothole, on a sign, etc. But on the other hand, if you like to look left and ride when you ride, drivers will wonder what happens.
I definitely like the idea of being able to look a car driver in the eyes to get them to turn the high beams down. As for where I look, don't we all look forward as we ride? I look to the side at the scenery when it is light out, but at night, I am so terrified of hitting an invisible pothole, that I look directly in front of my front wheel for most of the time. Maybe I could use both a light mounted on my handlebars and on my helmet. This seems to me to be the safest combination.
Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
Bianchi Volpe???
Dchiefransom, this looks like a nice bike. Not sure if any of my local bike shops carry Bianchi, but it sure is pretty!