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Two questions, I am wondering what this seasons best rear lights are? bright, waterproof, fit and forget.
Secondly has anyone any real world experience of using a dynamo and LED headlight. The B&M lights i have seen on the internet aren't as high powered as the top end off road lightsets but do use reflectors to maximise what light they do produce and as i see it alot of the offroad lightsets lie about the output anyway.
Exposure lights for proper commuting or training at night. Cateye make pretty decent rear lights IMO, very fit and forget.
Rear Lights - the NiteRider Cherry Bomb. Best beam pattern by far.
I'm thinking of one of these new USB-charged NiteRider front lights for commuting this year.
Either way, I go for bike AND helmet mounted lights for added visibility.
I have a set of Ayups that work fine on the road, so not really looking at another battery light.
I've been using a B&M IQ Fly dynamo light for years now - its a nice shaped beam for the road, plenty bright enough for going at a reasonable speed. There is the newer IQ Cyo, which is a bit brighter still.
Or if you want very bright dynamo lights, there is the Supernova E3. Though its not cheap.
For the rear, if you have a dynamo, I think you might as well power a rear light with it as well. I'm using a B&M Toplight Flat, which is cheap reasonably bright. Though if on busy roads, I use a battery powered light or two as well, usually a Cateye LD1100.
Hands down [url= http://www.exposurelights.com/product/000059/flare/ ]this[/url] takes it, team it up with [url= http://www.exposurelights.com/product/000056/diablo-mk.2/ ]this[/url] for the road, and you have an awesome combo
The Smart rear light is great value for it's brightness
Run 2 lights at the back as you might not notice if the battery runs out mid ride and hopefully both won't fail at the same time
[url= http://fibreflare.com/ ]THESE[/url] are very good rear lights cos they're a bit different. Can be mounted onto seatstays as well, I have mine mounted on the lower half of my commuting rucksack and it puts it at eye level so it gets noticed more. And because it's a 360 degree light, it gets noticed by lorry/bus drivers a lot more too as they look down on you.
As mentioned, always run at least 2 rear lights just in case one dies.
On the front I use my Diablo although when conditions were bad last winter I was running that bar mounted in conjunction with a helmet mounted NiteRider Storm HID.
I'd probably still get a DealExtreme P7 for the front, from what I've heard it'll definitely make you seen - someone on another forum said that they were confused with a motorbike.