Winter is here in the Northern Hemisphere and that means its prime time for night riding. It can be difficult to choose which night riding lights would work best for you – how big, how bright, helmet mount or bar mount, the options are endless. Join Christina Chappetta as she walks us through everything you need to know when it comes to night riding lights.
Featuring the Magicshine Monteer 12000 Floodlight – https://magicshine.com/products/monteer-12000-mountain-bike-light
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you guys aren't good enough riders to post on youtube. based on your suggestions, you should leave it to the pros.
I live in northern Norway and use headlamps a lot. This video was ok, but it leaves a lot unmentioned. Regarding lumen they do not appear to be comparable from brand to brand. The quality of the light cone is vastly different aswell. Quality lights are expensive (well not really in the long run), but offer much better customer service and longevity. I used to run Magicshines but they fade a lot compared to better quality like eg Lupine. Regarding the amount of light needed, more speed = more light.
800 plenty'
I think you need all the lumens if your hardcore sending it.
If you're just bumbling, you shouldn't be riding at night.
I'm being sarcastic.
Who made you god and think you have the right to tell people what they can and can't do?
12000 lumens is way too much.
You actually just enough output as you need for your speed in order to still have contrast.
With too much light you overexpose right in front and everything else disappears.
About 1500 on the bars and a more focused one on the helmet is good
I just set up a 6d 12v light bar on my bike power by drill battery cost me £25 brighter than any of these expensive lights
I rode a local trail with a mate at night once. Afterwards, we loaded the bikes on the car roof facing forward & left the lights on.
When we drove home I turned the car headlights off to see if I could drive using the bike lights on the roof.
I could! Perfectly well ! 😆
I tried so many lights its sad 😂
Beam pattern and kelvin range are both more important than total lumens
I've actually found one good inexpensive light(Infun GT200)with a nice wide and diffused beam+ no hot spot like with the magic shine and other lights
Outbound Trail Evo is probably imo still the best beam pattern in the market with its width, but I feel id. Still want two lol.
I ended up doing dual Baja designs S1 wide angle amber lens powered my an M18 battery mounted to water bottle cage.
I see objects and trail details better with a Selective yellow/amber light than I do with any white (warm/neutral/cool hue) light
Now moving them to my helmet and adding morimoto 2 banger wide on bar(fog light) for the street/gravel
I'm finally rigging up a power switch now for the bajas
Great video BTW .
The magicshines have supposedly been fairly reliable for people. I however have had two bad ones from new last year. I ended up getting a warnaty replacement and selling it as many of the rides not having light when I need it can land you in a dangerous situation. More important then lumens is reliability and having a back up if venturing further from home.
Sweet production value! High five for directing, presenting and editing.
Riding rough trails… at night… at speed… smart?
Good video thanks
Unfortunately here in the uk bike theft is at an all time high , on dark paths and trails at night the more lumens and light throw the better , for two reasons , if you have 8000 lumens like the magicshine monteer , you can see at least 200 yards in front of you , if there are a few thieving bastards waiting to mug you at least you have an option to turn back if you spot them in the dark , also , if the same twats jump out on you at close range this level of power cripples the retina , so at least you might have a chance at escaping , so more power the better ,
Using the wrong light setting.. should use the actual floodlight that lights up the entire area instead of the spotlight (what it calls the floodlight- which it isn't)
running monteer 6500 on the bars with the moh 55 pro 4000 lumens on the helmet, more than enough for any trails here in the uk
Eh. I prefer my 24,000 lumen bike lights. I put two of those on the front so I get 48,000 lumens of light, which lasts up to 4 hours on that highest setting with the batteries.
Excellent video ma'am ! It would've been great to have had these modern lights in the early 1970s ! All we had was coon hunting lights without helmets ! Imagine riding with Gary Fisher and those guys on that famous DH ride in the dark .
Excellent, I just bought magiclight 4000, just waiting for delivery then ye ha ✌️
What is a good bright but wide for night commute on mixer dirt gravel paver but sometimes in rain? I won’t be going fast. It will be relatively familiar to rain, but I just want to see what’s around me, on the sides but for trial textures mainly
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9:40 it's not the lumens but the location of the light source. If it's on your head then you can spot it earlier even if you only used 800 lumens on your helmet light vs 12000 lumens on your handlebar..🤷♂️
Nah, you should be able to see the 25-30 feet directly in FRONT of you very well, not try to make it a daytime ride artificially & ruin it for everyone, including the wildlife around you that need the dark to survive. Part of the charm of riding at night is the little bit of mystery of what's around you in the bush that makes it special.
Commenting on a 1yr old video, but there is such a thing as too much light. Sometimes the light is so bright, it can wash out the shadows and make it hard to tell that something is sticking up out of the ground or a hole is coming up
This may be the best produced, most visually interesting Pinkbike video I’ve seen.