A commuter lighting setup that survives a year
The full arrangement, front to back, with a maintenance rhythm that keeps it working from September to June.
Mounts, brackets and lights that stay where you put them
Most lost lights are lost mounts. Bar diameters, aero posts, and how to fit a light to a bike that has no room left.
Lighting for a New England winter: salt, cold and four o’clock dark
From November the commute home is in the dark. What changes about lights when it is 20°F and the roads are salted.
Wheel and frame lights: the side visibility nobody plans for
Front and rear lights do nothing at a junction. What lights up the side of a bike, and what actually works.
Rear lights, and what a radar tail light actually tells you
Being seen from behind is the whole job of a rear light. Where radar adds something, and where it does not.
Lumens, beam shape and why the brightest light is not the best one
A 1200 lumen light with the wrong beam is worse on a bike path than 400 lumens with the right one. What the number leaves out.