[jyl]

I'm going to start commuting by bicycle.

Why? Because I want to save the earth from you carbon-guzzling losers. No, seriously, what I want to save is $12/day and what I want to lose is 20 pounds.

The ride in will be at 4:30 am (dark) and the ride back will be a 7:00 pm (will be dark much of the year), so I need advice on bicycle headlights, tailights, reflectors, etc.

Any advice, general or specific, will be welcome since I haven't swung leg over bicycle in many years.

Are dual NightSuns still the best headlights? What's just as good but more affordable? Would you use a helmet-mounted headlight instead of bike-mounted? For tailights, should I just bolt one of those blinking red LED thingys to the seatpost or has technology moved on?

The bike will be my old mountain bike (Bridgestone MB-Zip), probably wearing fenders.