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trebuchet03 · 10-12-2008, 11:18 PM

Probably enough to be seen.... Might not be enough to actually see the road though (depends on your riding conditions

).

I ride with a 4 LED blackburn headlight (with collimation lenses) mounted to the front of my bike and a 10W halogen on my helmet.... Then a 7LED chasing red rear light (apparently blinking lights attract drunk drivers).

Part of my route home is at night on a road without street lights :/

My bike is also bright yellow

And, my tires have reflective sidewalls. AND, working on my

I'm trying to find a suitable lens for a 5W luxeon LED so I can project light ~30 feet in front of me

Be sure to use rechargeable batteries

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EDIT

I also agree, lights are not something to skimp on.... Recently, someone that goes on a ride I do got hit by a car.... He was in ICU for something like 1.5 weeks, now is in the progressive care unit and apparently, will need to go through speech therapy (brain damage - how much he recovers is still unknown). This is second hand info, but the fact is - it wasn't exactly daytime....

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trebuchet03 MechE Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,151 The Miata - '01 Mazda MX-5 Miata Thanks: 0 Thanked 22 Times in 18 Posts	Probably enough to be seen.... Might not be enough to actually see the road though (depends on your riding conditions ). I ride with a 4 LED blackburn headlight (with collimation lenses) mounted to the front of my bike and a 10W halogen on my helmet.... Then a 7LED chasing red rear light (apparently blinking lights attract drunk drivers). Part of my route home is at night on a road without street lights :/ My bike is also bright yellow And, my tires have reflective sidewalls. AND, working on my I'm trying to find a suitable lens for a 5W luxeon LED so I can project light ~30 feet in front of me Be sure to use rechargeable batteries ----- EDIT I also agree, lights are not something to skimp on.... Recently, someone that goes on a ride I do got hit by a car.... He was in ICU for something like 1.5 weeks, now is in the progressive care unit and apparently, will need to go through speech therapy (brain damage - how much he recovers is still unknown). This is second hand info, but the fact is - it wasn't exactly daytime.... __________________ Cars have not created a new problem. They merely made more urgent the necessity to solve existing ones.