Lighting for xtracycle hooptie Does anyone have any lighting suggestions for our Xtracycle hooptie?  We'd like to keep it very visible (precious cargo in there) especially when viewed from the side.



Was thinking about an options such as these wrap around lights.  Though would prefer something that would make the bike look a little less like a Christmas tree :)
If you go to any reasonably well stocked bike shop (or the bike department of a large department store) they will have a fair assortment of bike lights and reflectors.  In particular there are a lot of different battery-powered LED flashers available:



Mounting the light/reflector sometimes requires a bit of ingenuity, but you can often do pretty well using a cable clamp from a hardware store to attach to a rack or seat stay (if the light doesn't come with something suitable):