Riding at (or past) the edges of daylight

[Geonz]

I've been told that my HOkey Spokes are "da bomb." THey not only are visible from all kinds of angles (but especially from the side), but because they're going 'round and 'round, they also announce that I'm a bicycle. I wish they were a little less eccentric; they sometimes turn themselves on, and sometimes one of 'em doesn't work, and they're expensive.
For the Gazelle, I felt all kinds of inconspicuous (and that's just not good for my closet extroverted psyche!!) even with the generator light and the taillight, so I got me some spoke lights. Maybe I'll start picking up the change in the intersections and saving for more hokeys They're not *as* bright as hokeyspokes but much the same effect.
I've also got a hi-viz camelbak - but of course you gotta have some light to reflect from!
I have, even on the bike, had a close encounter or two with people in flogging **black** clothes, no helmet of course, riding in the dark on the street. Ah, to be young and indestructible!! Not!!

[7rider]

Yup...you can never have too much reflectivity on your bod when riding at or around dark. And lights, too.
But one area that I haven't read here that I think worth mentioning as useful:
Reflective sidewall tires.
Both DH and I have them on our flat bar bikes and it's amazing how much light they bounce back.
Here's an example, but they do come in road bike and hybrid sizes:
http://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod...cat=REI_SEARCH
I highly recommend them as your "winter tires."