You'll feel noticeably safer and more relaxed doing the activity you love.
Front and rear safety lights (blinkies) protect you well in many riding situations. But blinkies are weakest when viewed from the side. Unfortunately, side visibility is the most common cause of nighttime bicycle-car collisions. Every time you approach a turn or an intersection, your side visibility is key to drivers seeing you.
Bike commuting, early morning training, and sunset rides should be inspiring, relaxing, fun and invigorating. And they can be, when you take the right safety measures. To feel relaxed and confident at those intersections, you need to know that drivers from all angles, especially the sides, can see you as early as possible.
That's when the Down Low Glow really protects you. Due to its unique tubular design, high output fluorescent lamps, and integrated chrome reflector, it's even brighter from the sides than it is from the front. It hits the angles like no other light. And cyclists like you regularly email us to say how much safer they feel. Here's just one sample email:
"I’ve become familiar with white-knuckling it down Culver Road [in Rochester, New York] at night as I pass the busy expressway intersections, then two lanes become one, then construction zones and parked cars are added to the mix. Tonight, I felt worry-free. It’s as if someone was laying out a green carpet for me as I traveled down the road." -- Adam Durand, [full review.] [more testimonials]
Most cyclists don't realize how important side visibility is to their safety at night. It turns out that the majority of nighttime bicycle car collisions, nearly 70%, are related to side visibility. And the Down Low Glow is a better source of side visibility than any other bike light on the market, making it a smart choice for your visibility. Pair it with front and rear blinkies for the ultimate safety package. You can wait safely for your spot in traffic, then make your turn without rushing, confident that drivers will see you from all directions.
"My wife got a chance to use it on her way home from work and she absolutely loves it. She felt like she finally got some respect on the road, even having one car come to a complete stop when it saw her.
It seems to have inspired her back on her bike again, especially for night riding!!!" -- Si from Alabama.
Serious safety.
We spend a lot of energy encouraging our readers and customers to try out social rides, in which you ride for pleasure with your friends, neighbors, a love interest, and other members of the bike community. The Down Low Glow may well be the most social bike light on the market, and you'll probably get lots of complements when you take your first rides. "A bus full of schoolchildren waived to me," wrote one customer.
It's the brightness and visibility of the DLG that makes it so fun and noticeable on social rides. And it's that same brightness and visibility that will help you get seen on your commute home.
The Down Low Glow also takes advantage of GSR technology (Gimme Some Room) to create a pool of light on the road around your bicycle that shows drivers what part of the road is theirs, and what part of the road is yours. No other safety light communicates a boundary like the Down Low Glow. Drivers will respond by cutting you a wider berth.
"And let's talk about the GSR Technology...I was not crowded once by a vehicle on Market St. yesterday. Not once! Now it could be a very strange coincidence . But not likely, I don't think I've ever experienced that on Market during commute time in my lifetime. I am very happy and can't wait to go ride some more at night." -- Josh from San Francisco.
"At night on dark country roads, cars give me a wider berth than they do in daylight --they can see me, but they don't know what I am, so they play it very safe. My first night out, a neighbor kid followed me into my yard at the end of the ride because he just had to know where I got them. "
-- Ian from Upstate NY.
GSR Technology goes hand in hand with the extreme Side Visibility the Down Low Glow provides. When you start to read about the importance of Side Visibility, you're going to want more and more of it.