One of the best things to happen recently for bicycle safety are spoke lights. Spoke lights are lights that attach to the inner spokes of your bike wheels and provide extra lighting so you are use to be seen when riding at night or dusk. Some people claim that spoke lights make you 1000% more visible over normal front and rear lights since you can now be seen from all sides regardless of direction. I know I feel more secure at night with my lights on that is for sure.
Bike spoke lights range from the simple $5.00 lighted reflector to high tech $2,000 video systems in your wheels! Wow. What you are willing to spend on bike spoke lights needs to depend on what you want them to do.
The cheapest option will provide you with a added level of security when you ride in the dark, and the most expensive will let you express your self in ways you couldn’t imagine on a bike.
There are many brands of bike spoke lights on the market that cost any where from $5 to $150 per wheel. We have bought and personally reviewed several of these lights to test on our bikes and we have written extensive reviews for each product. Some of our favorite products that we have found are the MonkeyLectric Spoke Lights for the high end customer. On the lower end of the scale and great for kids and safety the Nite Ize Spokelit Bicycle Light is a much better option because they are cheap effective and easy to replace.
Bike spoke lights are great to give added safety for night bike rides. They make you 100x more visible than just a headlight. This is because spoke lights add movement to the lights, they also give off a unique visual effect that people are not used to seeing. This makes them pay more attention to the lights than they normally would. Especially if you have the higher end lights that also have designs and patterns to the lights.