MrJamie
Oaf on a Bike
The magicshines are good on quiet country lanes, they light up hedges and trees so the light spill can often be seen before people have line of sight to your bike or your lights and they light up lots of the road so no worry of hitting potholes or junk in the road. You have to be considerate to how dazzling they are to oncoming traffic though. I pair mine up with a crappy 1watt headlight as emergency.
On the rear i find smart lunar R2s to be very good and theyre available discounted to about £13, I put one on each side of the seat stay. You can get brighter but theyre pretty damn bright compared to cheap rears and even cateye rears etc. Fibreflares are great too, very eyecatching and very visable from the sides too, worth the money.
Its worth spending an extra couple of quid on a tube of silicone grease for waterproofing whatever battery lights you get, just smear grease around the battery compartment seal etc to stop water getting in and corroding things.
On the rear i find smart lunar R2s to be very good and theyre available discounted to about £13, I put one on each side of the seat stay. You can get brighter but theyre pretty damn bright compared to cheap rears and even cateye rears etc. Fibreflares are great too, very eyecatching and very visable from the sides too, worth the money.
Its worth spending an extra couple of quid on a tube of silicone grease for waterproofing whatever battery lights you get, just smear grease around the battery compartment seal etc to stop water getting in and corroding things.
