rear light ( I know I know)

kennygalbraith

I know I know not another question about bike lights BUT How many lights are enough...

I now have three tail lights ( one main, one fibre flare and one flasher) and four front ( one main, a spare main and two flashers) I ride unlit country roads and urban road...can you ever get too much!

BigLights

It depends on the power of the lights. I 'only' have 2 front and 2 back lights....but they are real beasts!

CubeMark

I only have 5 on the rear, or 6 if you count a helmet light. 4 on the front.

Rear:
2 x MJ818
1W Smart Lunar R1
2x dynamo powered, always on.
Helmet is 0.5W

Front:
1x Dynamo powered, always on.
2x Cree Magicshine clones on half power with wide angle lenses and shades to keep the beam low.
1x Cree adjustable wide/spot light on the handlebars for off-road and unlit country lanes. Switched off around town or if cars approaching.

The Rookie

1 rear light, moon shield 60, all you need!

Front is a cheap cree torch on a aftermarket mount.

iPete

You need 4 max IMO.

One powerful front/back and secondary flashers/backups.

Front:
Hope 2
Exposure Trace

Rear:
Hope District
Cateye Rapid 3

rolf_f

The Rookie wrote:

1 rear light, moon shield 60, all you need!

This is never correct

dee4life2005

At the moment I'm running the following:

Rear:
- Lezyne Zecto (flashing), hanging from saddle bag loop
- Fibre Flare, hanging from middle jersey pocket, or back-pack depending on whether I'm commuting or not (was better mounted on seat-stay, but one of the clips broke ) This gives good side visibility.
- Lezyne Femto, mounted on seat-post - this is my backup in case one or both of the other lights pack in.
(the Zecto and Fibre Flare are re-chargeable)

Front:

- Exxposure Diablo mk4 (helmet mounted)
- Lezyne Super-Drive (hemlet mounted)
- Lezyne Mini-Drive (handlebar mounted) - Flashing.
I use the mini-drive for attracting attention, and use the helmet mounted lights for seeing where I'm going (particular for going round corners).

When I switch to the winter bike, It had marathon winters which have a 3m reflective strip around the sidewall of the tyre which gives adequate side-visibility as well.