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Give me intrigue or give me death?

By ⋅ October 4, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

In my two rules of bike lighting I mentioned the importance of using your lights to create “intrigue” for other road users.
Let me make it plainer: when riding at night put a flashing light and a static light on the front of your bike.

Lighting rig revisited

By ⋅ October 4, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Daylight saving time has just kicked in here, so I thought I’d go back and have look at how my lighting rig worked out this winter, particularly with the addition of a high-intensity Ay Up headlight.

My lighting rig

By ⋅ April 22, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

As I said last week, vision and visibility are what I’m after in my bike lights. But enough of the theory, how do I make it work in practice?

My two rules of bike lighting

By ⋅ April 16, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

In southern latitudes, daylight saving has recently ended and commuting cyclists find themselves suddenly plunged into darkness in the early evening. It’s around this time every year that Bicycle Victoria rightly reminds riders to Light Up.

Bike light: Then and now

By ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

To think, I really used to use this light.

Night landings on Gardiners Creek Trail

By ⋅ June 16, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Stonnington Council plans to install solar powered lighting studs along a stretch of the Gardiners Creek trail.

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