Originally Posted by NOS88

Wow, I ride with the same CygoLite Nite Rider. I actually had an on coming car stop once and yell at me asking if I was "Trying to blind him." I didn't even have the beam angled up and it had that effect on him. In the dead of winter I also tend to ride with a helmet light. It makes a big difference, because while the CygoLite gives me a pretty good beam ahead, the helmet light follows when I turn my head to look in other places. Even with both of these, however, I tend to ride a bit slower when it's really dark (the 8pm to midnight winter rides). I'm surprised your getting such little time out of your light I generally get four hours before I need to do a complete recharge.