Night riding

[Dianyla]

How do you attach blinky lights to your helmet? I don't like the look of the light on my bike seatpost all the time...but how do you attach the light to the back of your helmet? Or do they make lights specifically for that?

On my regular helmets, I use the the Cateye LD100 which has a little built-in lanyard that I thread through the helmet vents. It's not the brightest light, but it's something and it blinks.

For commuting I recently bought the Bell Metro which actually has a flat/smooth back with a built in strap that pretty much any blinky with a belt-clip can attach onto. It's pretty slick.

[Fredwina]

1. las psyclepath said, lights and reflective gear are the key. As a slow Randonuesse, I know these things
2. Front lights: wish I had the money for a dynohub, but I've got two Cateye El-500's: they were about $30/each, and I can get a month out of the batterys(Almost all of my weekday riding is in the dark ) so , you can get buy without spending a ton.

I know i',m going to get some post about what "junky" lights they are, but they seem to work fine for me. I've actually gotten sincere comment about the amount of light I have
I also have a Princeton Tec headling on helmet. Handy for reading cue sheet and 'puters on those 300 and 400K rides

I've got some cateye blinkes on the back:
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[onimity]

nice stuffed Duke, Fredwina!

[Fredwina]

nice stuffed Duke, Fredwina!

hey, I'm a JUG leader! I have to have a stuffed Duke:
confused? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_mascot

[onimity]

Very nice! I only have a free nerf-y one that I got at JavaOne last year. Nothing as cool as yours.

Several years ago I saw a guy in a Duke costume at a conference, ran up and kissed his big red nose. I think I terrified whoever was in that costume, but somewhere there are good pictures.

Do you go to JavaOne? If so we should meet up this year. Loved that they had a bike valet this year & was sad to not have my bike!

Oh, and your headlamp setup looks like mine, works really well for me too. I imagine it will be very nice if I ever get a flat after dark.

Anne

[Fredwina]

Very nice! I only have a free nerf-y one that I got at JavaOne last year. Nothing as cool as yours.

Several years ago I saw a guy in a Duke costume at a conference, ran up and kissed his big red nose. I think I terrified whoever was in that costume, but somewhere there are good pictures.

Do you go to JavaOne? If so we should meet up this year. Loved that they had a bike valet this year & was sad to not have my bike!

Oh, and your headlamp setup looks like mine, works really well for me too. I imagine it will be very nice if I ever get a flat after dark.

Anne

i have a nerfy -one on my desk at work. i got the home one from sun (http://www.sunwarestore.com/javawear.../gifts/JSC-190)
I didn't do Java one. Maybe next year. Hopefully , by then I won't be working with the Rodney Dangerfield of programming languages

ps my Jug's two pages:
https://sgvjug.dev.java.net/
and
http://www.sgvjug.org/

[steinspinne]

Well, I live in the middle of the city so I prefer to ride at night. Less traffic to worry about. Some of you may disagree with this, but I have a headlight and a taillight only. My commute is only 3 miles and the entire route has plenty of streetlamps to light the way, so the lights on the bike itself are just so others can see me coming.

Up front I have a Blackburn Quadrant and in the back I have a Blackburn Mars 2.0. Sleek styling, if I do say so myself. Check them out.