What kind of front light do you guys use for riding when it’s dark?
I’ve been testing this Fenix light, mounted under my garmin. And so far it’s been great. It’s pretty clean looking from above, plenty bright, and uses replaceable batteries, so I can bring a spare if I’m going for a long ride.
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I have the farming varia headlight and love it. Syncs with the head unit, adjusts beam pattern based on speed and daylight.
Outbound detour on road bike, Towild cl1600 on gravel
Lezyne usb C chargeable front and rear light that attach with rubber straps. Cheap and easily chargeable at my desk when commuting in the darker months.
Pretty happy with my Magicshine Evo 1700. Also mounts below my computer, edges are pretty well defined and it comes with a little remote for switching between intensity and low and high beam. Has internatl battery and so far it held up long enough. Guess it might be possible to charge it in use with my power brick, but have not tested that yet…
Have the same Fenix and it is great in my opinion. Only light you can take a spare battery for longer rides and you can replace it once the original is dying.
Outbound Detour with the action cam adapter to mount underneath my bike computers. It’s a chunky fella, but the battery life is quite long and the beam pattern is optimized for road riding – it’s center-focused but with a top cutoff to avoid blinding oncoming riders or cars. It also has a quick release lever, so it’s easier to remove for charging. They make trail versions that have more side coverage, but I find the detour still works really well for gravel paths and less-technical trails.
Magicshine RN1500 under my Garmin
Son dynamo + Edelux II light, impressively bright, never have to think about replacing batteries
Plan A is my Exposure Strada mounted under an out front mount (waiting on a Go Pro adapter for it to be delivered), if that’s not enough light I’ll prob get their Maxx-D or Six Pack model instead (Strada should be plenty though as not planning gnarly rides at night on it). The remote switch comes in handy for quick dimming when on a road section with oncoming traffic.
Also have a Lezyne 2400 with a bar mount QR which I have as a backup mostly (and for my MTB which I can’t easily fit an out front mount to and has a tapering carbon ovalised one piece bar/stem which is hard to fit a lot of clamps to.
Lezyne 600 StVO modified with garmin mount
Seat tube and handlebar light + suitable helmet light. I don’t have anyone to blind out in the middle of nowhere and if I’m on the road I keep my head down because I want to get off the road
Make sure it has the right beam pattern to be mounted upside down like that so it doesn’t blind oncoming traffic (drivers, cyclists and pedestrians). I have a Lezyne one at the moment mounted similarly (which isn’t designed to be mounted upside down) and have just changed to a Towild which can be mounted above or below bars.
My tip is that get 2 of the same type so you can just hot swap when the battery runs out. Nothing worse than the light gone out during pitch dark condition….
I also have a small LED mounted in front as back up for SEE ME kinda situation.