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Essential gear for night riding? (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.world to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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I know about the obvious stuff like a bright vest, blinking rear light and wearing light colored clothes but is there anything else that I need for when nightfall hits?

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Get retroreflectors. White pointing forward, red pointing back. You won't always realize when a light craps out, it's best to have passive backups. Get amber-colored retroreflectors that you can put between the spokes so you have sideways visibility. You can also buy reflective tape and wrap it around the frame.

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

There’s retro reflective tape etc for the spokes, too.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

There are also retro reflective rims and tyres

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Sadly, going 'full tuk-tuk' is the goal here...