Best bike lights 2024 – Front and rear lights to keep you safe both day and night

From CyclingNews.com

The best bike lights help you see, be seen, and keep you safe when cycling on the road

The best bike lights fall into one of two categories. The first help other road users (cars, primarily) see you. They’re usually run at night but increasingly riders are opting to run them as daytime running lights on every ride for added visibility. Both front and rear options fall into this category, and the majority of the best budget bike lights fall here too.

Secondly, you have lights that help you see where you are going when riding in the dark. These naturally also serve to make you more visible too, but are larger and brighter, and only front lights fall into this category. A lot of riders bolster their ‘seeing’ front light with a ‘be seen’ auxiliary one too.

Added features aside, like radar enabled rear lights for example, all bike lights need to be bright enough for their intended use, have a battery that lasts long enough that they don’t leave you invisible halfway home, and robust enough to deal with the worst conditions that winter riding can throw at you. Each light in this list fits the bill in these regards, so it’s just a matter of picking the best setup for your use case; a 20 minute each way commute in a well-lit city is very different from riding through the night on country lanes.

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