Tag: bike lights

November 25, 2013

Is there really a bike light arms race, or are we all just confused about what’s safe?

I absolutely love biking around Seattle at night. Our city is simply stunning, and a nighttime bike ride can turn a simple errand into an existential experience. People who have biked through Interlaken Park alone at night probably know how easy it is to spook yourself out. Each rustle in the leaves or snapping twig…
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tagged: bike lights, crosscut
October 22, 2013

Commute Seattle and city hosting bike light event Thursday

Bike lights are not optional. Aside from being required by law (technically, only front light and rear reflector are required), lights are vital if you are going to be visible to folks driving, biking and walking at night and sun-in-the-eyes situations. Studies have shown that people on bikes naturally feel more visible to others than…
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tagged: bike lights, commute seattle, light up your ride, sdot
December 10, 2010

Why giving away bike lights makes sense

Having a front-facing bike light can greatly reduce a rider’s chances of being struck in many of the most common types of car-bike collisions. The rate of collisions goes up significantly at night, and a common response from drivers who hit people on bikes is, “I didn’t see him/her.” Bike riders, especially inexperienced riders, do…
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tagged: bike lights, cascade bicycle club, king 5, safety, sdot
December 9, 2010

Tell your ninja friends: Free lights this afternoon!

This bears repeating: Tell your cash-strapped, unlit or underlit bike rider friends to stop by any of these three locations this afternoon to get free bike lights from Cascade. I say, “Tell your friends,” because clearly not a single upstanding Seattle Bike Blog reader would be riding around without adequate lights (ahem). They’ll be there…
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tagged: bike lights, cascade bicycle club
December 2, 2010

Free bike light giveaway Dec. 9

Cascade Bicycle Club and SDOT are giving away 420 bike lights at three Seattle locations December 9. Now that it is dark for so much of the day, having lights is one of the best things you can do to help drivers (and people walking and biking) see you. It’s encouraging that enough people are…
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tagged: bike lights, bike smart, cascade bicycle club, sdot