On Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:52:36 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 8/30/2014 1:33 PM, Joerg wrote:





Some of the better front lights have that. But the problem is with tail

lights. You can always see when a front light dims away. Happened to me

twice and is very annoying but at least I can adjust my riding to it or

stop riding. When the tail light goes out this will be unnoticed by the

riders and unless you get warnings by honking car drivers you run the

risk of being rear-ended or side-swiped.



On my road bike I often bend down and look under the seat. On my MTB I

can't see the tail light because it's aluminum-encapsulated against rock

hits and stuff. So I have two tail lights. That is only necessary

because they failed to put in a low-bat warning.



I've thought about running a bit of fiber-optic cable to give me

confirmation of my lights working. So far, I haven't decided it was

worth the trouble.



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