The ideal cycling season does not last for a whole year. In autumn the days are shorter, it cools and rain. Snow falls in the winter. However, the Nordic proverb says: There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.
The absolute basis is to have a wheel equipped with appropriate reflectors (white on the front, red at the back, orange on the string and yellow on the pedals). Replace reflectors in the string with the reflective tape on the casing, reflectors at the front and at the back with reflective stickers.
In town, you do not usually need a headlight. The streets are illuminated. But the blinkers are necessary. The front flasher is more important than the rear. For the driver’s rear is usually shining “in the mirror” and therefore reveals you even when you are light passive in the back. In front of you, cars come “from the side” and the best reflectors will not help you. Almost the same job as the rear blinker makes the reflex tape on the left calf.
In urban traffic, I can shine or flicker in the dark. Cars were previously required to shine “in low visibility,” which is exactly the condition that you should also shine on. In utter darkness, you are visibly visible with reflective materials, but in the dark, the reflectors are merging and you have to shine actively. Lighting sets with a sensor can be started automatically.
Reflective vest, flashing reflective ribbons and other massive light equipment over and above normal lighting will ensure you will be seen not only by overtaking drivers but also by pilots of aircraft landing at Ursine Airport. Consider whether it is worthwhile to shift this limit to how much light the drivers consider normal. The vest and the more powerful light fit on high-speed roads, long-distance stretches, or when “shit-shit” falls at the end of November. On the other hand, “raising” the driver with a dazzling lamp and a black coat is also not a good idea.
For a regular ride in the dark, it is worthwhile to have a deposit in addition to the “main” lighting. the battery at least a spare battery, to the dynamically-driven light an emergency small flicker in the event of a malfunction.
Do not say that in the mountain of flashing scrap you will not find at least one that you can take with you… A left fuse on the seat post, a color changing light, a supermarket blinker, a low-beam headlamp bought there.
When you get into a situation where you need to drive without lights, you have to go slower along the secondary streets and give up the idea that you have priority at any crossing, even if traffic signs are hundreds of times the opposite. And your next trip has to lead to a cycle shop.