Originally Posted by Laura-Jane

My Light and Motion Vega has finally arrived!

I commuted with my new light today, and it was great! Even on a bad day, I usually ride my bike with at least a half-smile, but I could feel myself grinning the whole way today; I even ventured a few "Morning!"s to the bikers coming in the other direction on the path.

Both my morning and evening commutes have been in the pitch black for quite some time now, and I'd forgotten what it was like to be able to see ahead of me. Without realizing it, I had been going at a snail's pace due to lack of light (okay, and a little laziness), but today I made it home in record time, because I wasn't afraid of what was ahead.

I knew I would be happy with whatever I bought, because anything would be better than the cheap light I had been using (although, at least I haven't been trying to balance a bag of groceries in one hand while HOLDING a flashlight in the other, which I saw some poor biker doing the other day). Right now I'm still in the honeymoon period with it, and I'm sure after a while I'll have a few minor complaints--and will want something bigger and brighter (yes, "the American way" gets us Canadians, too..). For now, the system is super simple and bright enough for me, so I'm happy.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Happy biking,
Laura-Jane

Originally Posted by slvoid

Congratulations. But don't be like us. Stick with what you have, use it often, be happy with it, and leave it at that. Otherwise you'll be spending like, a thousand bucks on lights and whatnot.