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G3CWI

Veteran
Location
Macclesfield
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Fore and aft at G3CWI.

Front:
Cree 1E6 Lumens "Eye Burner"
Lezayne Super Drive XL
7 day shop 3 W - backup

Rear:
Phaart Bleep
Lezayne Micro Drive
Bar light (cant recall make) - backup

...and just to make sure, I wear Aldi LED reflectors on my ankles.

Not all lights on at once - some are spares.

Rural commute - 8 miles unlit lanes.

Eye-Burner carefully positioned to point left and down. This illuminates the hedges at the side of the road creating a huge visual signature without being dazzling to other road users.
 
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Brandane

Legendary Member
Location
Costa Clyde
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Panter

Just call me Chris...
I'm too lazy to take a picture (sorry) but just have a pair of Hope 1's fore and a pair of Halfords AAA specials aft (they're actually pretty good IMO)
My commute is fairly urban now so I don't need a lot of firepower but back when it was many miles through remote country lanes I had so many lumens pushing out of the front that I swear pedaling was harder when they were switched on!
 

Crankarm

Guru
Location
Nr Cambridge
Here we go ……….. another mine's brighter than your's thread.

I would take a pic looking into my Exposure Max D bike light on full beam but it would damage my camera and hurt my eyes as it is so bright.
 

the_mikey

Legendary Member
Exposure race mk 5, 600 lumen 'death ray'
2x RSP RX480 (400 lumen each)
1x RSP Asteri 3 (250 lumen beam)
Knog Blinder GT front and rear set for the Brompton.
Smart 1/2w rear
Niterider Cherry Bomb 1/2w rear.

Edit: These are distributed across different bikes and not all at the same time.
 
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mark c

Über Member
Chinese magicshine copy as the main and a cateye 530 led back up, and a cateye ld155 rear.
 

Smurfy

Naturist Smurf
Lights that are too bright stop motorists judging distances, then they pull out on you. My front lights for commuting are chosen because they are not blindingly bright, and because a lot of light escapes sideways to protect me from side roads. I also have some for night riding on dark lanes, but that's a totally different application compared to commuting on city roads.
 

Mr_Kipling

Über Member
Location
Berkshire
at the front I have 2 x 100 lumens flashers alongside one 80 lumens steady. At the rear I have one 75 lumens pulse in addition to two steady 3 led blue. on my helmet I have the classic front white flash cateye. on the rear of my helmet I have bog standard led red. all are on every-time I ride night and day.
 

winjim

Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Remember the Vistalite 300? One of the first LED lights. I have one of those on the rear, 20 years old and still going strong. Now see if you can tell the difference between these two pictures:
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Hint: Reflectors are where it's at.
 
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On the front:
Jexree Owl twin XML on the front as main light, backed up with a Moon Meteor in case I run out of battery

On the rear:
Smart Lunar R2 and Knog Blinder 4 standard

Back of helmet:
Fibre Flare

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MrGrumpy

Huge Member
Location
Fly Fifer
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Fore and aft at G3CWI.

Front:
Cree 1E6 Lumens "Eye Burner"
Lezayne Super Drive XL
7 day shop 3 W - backup

Rear:
Phaart Bleep
Lezayne Micro Drive
Bar light (cant recall make) - backup

...and just to make sure, I wear Aldi LED reflectors on my ankles.

Not all lights on at once - some are spares.

Rural commute - 8 miles unlit lanes.

Eye-Burner carefully positioned to point left and down. This illuminates the hedges at the side of the road creating a huge visual signature without being dazzling to other road users.


WTF :eek: two lights front and back for me. Rural commute for part of the 30 mile round trip. I do use helmet lights as well but that is not always on. Seems more than adequate, in fact I don`t think it makes a blind bit of difference how many lights you rock, still get close passes. The biggest difference is flash mode in traffic, I feel like I`m Moses when I stick the Cree XMLs into flash mode in traffic, it like the parting of the red sea :whistle:
 
Oh forgot one, you'll like this, I have a one of those stretchy silicone flashers with twin LEDs, but the LEDs are blue and its attached to the rear wheel hub. Puts out a great flashing blue display on the ground under the bike.
 
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