My Bike Works donation pile is growing. Many of these blinky blinkys still work. The gray PDW headlight is Ryan Schuetze’s circa 2010 when he left it at my house. Schuetze you can have it back whenever you want. I used it a couple times and it's in great shape. But I will say the technology has come a long way in the 14 years since that backyard beer party. That white one is the Bontrager Alistair found on the ground. The giant square tail light is the type I used 30 years ago working at Casa Que Pasa.
For the past few years I’ve been using that Bontrager headlight that Alistair found on his ride into work. It worked fine until it didn’t and the switch crapped out. In the tail light department I’ve had an ad hoc mish mash of blinky options with rechargeable batteries. Here’s Junior Junior trying out a few, more than a few years ago.
As we move back into 17 hours of darkness per day I’m moving back into lights and reflectors on my morning commute which is already in total darkness. And soon there will be near darkness on my afternoon slog home.
In a side note the morning commute features a total of 457 feet of elevation loss sandwiching a train ride. It’s all downhill from here. Which means it’s all uphill on the way home.
When I moved here 33 years ago I bought my first bike light for my very short bike ride to work. It was a Cateye headlight with two C batteries. As heavy as all get out and about as bright as a tired old votive candle. Basically worthless on rainy Seattle rides to my graveyard shift at the sandwich shop.
A couple weeks ago I stepped out of my cave just long enough to enter the 2024 bike light market. Not seeking gently used, not a ground score, not a Bike Works find, not just new-to-me, actually new. Brand new in the package. I bought this Lezyne light set
These new lights are brighter than bright and easy to recharge. But I know you know I know that drivers still don’t see me.
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