Yes, I already have lights on the front and back and use them frequently just to let people know I'm there.

As for REALLY bad weather....we don't have such a thing in Delaware (I say crossing myself to appease the lightning gods.) The storms pass quickly so I can usually wait it out for mild rain. I'd wait out anything worse.

Plus the commute to the bus stop is only 1.5 miles. I rack up the other miles at lunch time and after work pleasure riding or errand riding. I've cut the automobile cord completely!

Hey Becky, here's a macabre scene. I manage a drug lab at the medical examiner's office. They do autopsies downstairs. And weigh the bodies on stretchers on this big mama scale. There I was waiting in line behind two bodies to weigh myself and weigh my loaded bike.

It seems I've lost twenty pounds in the last month but it all went onto the bike in the panniers which now weighs fifteen pounds more.