New police lights.

Nevakonaza · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:58

woop woop it's the sound of the police

https://youtu.be/wIcZCwXtmn0

So what you think of my new lights?..think people will see me now when i ride at night?

Shamrock · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:03

I think you should get a second front light and have one steady state.

Can't stand people with a single front flasher at night!

Rear flashing is fine.

Nevakonaza · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:07

I actually plan to have them steady state..dont like them flashing away like that.

Shamrock · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:09

Good

Flashing is fine for day and dusk but at night it makes it really hard to judge distance in my opinion.

Rroff · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:11

Nevakonaza said:
I actually plan to have them steady state..dont like them flashing away like that.

I can see the benefits of a rear flashing light but not sure why anyone would use flashing white front ones - if I come into an unexpected situation with an oncoming bike a flashing white light would delay/confuse my reaction more than anything else and they are more likely to end up road kill than a constant light.

mattyg · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:14

Rroff said:
I can see the benefits of a rear flashing light but not sure why anyone would use flashing white front ones - if I come into an unexpected situation with an oncoming bike a flashing white light would delay/confuse my reaction more than anything else and they are more likely to end up road kill than a constant light.

This

And angle the front down a little. Being seen is one thing but blinding oncoming traffic is a differant matter

Rroff · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:17

mattyg said:
This

And angle the front down a little. Being seen is one thing but blinding oncoming traffic is a differant matter

Just mentioned it as I've been doing early starts recently compared to my normal time and seen a few cyclists in the early hours of the morning that do have forward flashing lights.

EDIT: A bit surprised how many cyclists I do see at that time of day - though I guess its partly because the roads are quieter - regularly pass 6-8 a morning compared to normal daytime hours I probably won't see 6-8 in a week.

Lethal` · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:45

Pulsing lights seem like the best option unless you want to run multiple front and back.

Nevakonaza · 6 Sep 2016 at 18:05

mattyg said:
This

And angle the front down a little. Being seen is one thing but blinding oncoming traffic is a differant matter

Done

Shamrock · 6 Sep 2016 at 20:15

I always run two front and two rear... redundancy!!

jpaul · 7 Sep 2016 at 09:05

Watching your video with the light attached to seat post, is that masked at all ,by your legs, so should it be further back on the bike ?
- back of saddle (I have it on a commuter pannier rack)

Was contemplating this morning the tragic death of cyclist Lee Martin killed by the texting motorist and wondering what lessons, if any, could learn with respect to increasing visibility (apparently driver did not spot multiple time trialing cyclists)

Nevakonaza · 7 Sep 2016 at 14:37

Well as its colder at night now i do tend to wear my yellow high vis jacket,so i might move the rear light down more but other than that there really isn't anywhere else to put it.

I dont really want to add a pannier pack or anything like that as its all extra weight.

Sad about that cyclist though,Sadly i still see a ton of people texting whilst driving and women are the worst for it.

tom_e · 7 Sep 2016 at 14:41

jpaul said:
Watching your video with the light attached to seat post, is that masked at all ,by your legs, so should it be further back on the bike ?
- back of saddle (I have it on a commuter pannier rack)

Was contemplating this morning the tragic death of cyclist Lee Martin killed by the texting motorist and wondering what lessons, if any, could learn with respect to increasing visibility (apparently driver did not spot multiple time trialing cyclists)

Absolutely nothing other than getting people to stop dicking about on their phones.

I'm much more visible than a cyclist with being on 200kg of loud motorbike with retina burning LED head lights but still plenty of people will try and roll out in front of me even after making eye contact with me 100m down the road. You can't beat stupid.