Lighting for first time commuter

Huck Finn

I've just started a job so local it would be criminal to drive to work anymore so some advice would be appreciated;

The commute is less than 5 miles and will be well lit roads mostly.

I'm looking for the cheapest option of front and back, and the ony pre-requisite is that they be fairly water resistant as it rains quite ften in South Wales

I've looked around the net but there's a whole load of lights and it's starting to confuse me.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

BigLee1

Buy cheap pay twice

Get a really good back light

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Sear ... oryIDs=656

Dalton

Not sure this can be beaten for a very decent back light at an amazing price!

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-tl-ld610 ... ear-light/

HTH.

optimisticbiker

+1 on the ld610... its excellent value for that money and I use one on the seatpost in conjunction with the smaller LD150R (red lens) on my rucsac or pannier...

For the front the LD150 (white leds) is good just for commuting to be seen and not see by. To see by I have a Cateye EL600 rechargeable

You can get EL600 Front and LD610 rear as a set http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-hl-el600 ... light-set/ which is better value for money than buying individually...

veronese68

I'd recommend 2 lights front and back. 1 on constant and 1 flashing. The flashing attracts attention but makes it hard to judge distance, the constant ones are easier to judge distance by.

Huck Finn

Thanks for the advice guys. I ordered the Cateye set above.

I'll sort a cheap second light option.

joelsim

Just get a knog frog flashing light front and rear to go with the Cateye.