Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
I've biked in the dark many times. As long as you can see and will be seen, you're good to go. It's not much less safe than biking in the daytime as long as you're willing to invest in a decent set of lights. (By decent, I mean a real, see where you're going front, and BRIGHT, preferably blinking/flashing/attention grabbing rear.) Granted, it's $100+ to get a good set of lights like what I've got (10 watt halogen w/big rechargeable battery pack), and if you want to go *really* nice, you can easily spend $400-500 on an HID setup for your headlight, but you can get a decent basic set for more like $30 that will at least get you by for a while until you can afford something better. The main difference will be brightness of the front light, and that the front will take a bunch of AA batteries instead of having a rechargeable battery pack. That obviously means that it'll cost over the long term to replace batteries, but it's a viable option if you're cash-strapped at the moment.

Edit: Also, in the summer, at least, protective eyewear is imperative. Bug/eye impacts @ 20MPH HURT.
....Yeah. I'm a college student with no income outside financial aid with the majority of that goes towards tuition/books.

Regardless, biking isn't a viable option. I'd end up too exhausted to focus on lecture. Not to mention, it's dangerous for me, physically as a person.