Commuting - Headlamps

Well, my hours at work have changed...earlier which is great... but now I have to commute in the dark (just in the morning). When I ride around the neighborhood at night I used an LED headlamp...but now I have decent length to ride but one of the roads I have to travel on, probably an 8 mile stretch, is heavily traveled by commercial trucks. I need something better.
Here is the question, I am looking for a good LED headlamp for my bike and not my head...any recommendations?
Thanks

You can check Cateye (www.cateye.com) or build your own (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?threadid=17160)

This is a good source as well bicycle lights (http://www.mikebentley.com/bike/headlights.htm)

cheers :beer:

If you're riding on an 8 miles stretch with trucks are you sure you want a "dim" LED?
It seems a "bright" headlight like a NiteRider (http://www.niterider.com/prod_bicycle.html) would be a better choice.

I got a Digital Evolution (http://www.niterider.com/products/bike_de.html) for Christmas and I'll tell you, it makes a big difference (after relying on a Cateye EL200). You can point a headmounted Niterider right in a driver's startled face when they start to pull out - it feels good.

Is your light not giving you enough lumens to see where you are going, or are you just worried about being visible? If visibility is your primary concern, I would add a front yellow blinker. They make you very noticeable, and the batteries last nearly forever. Good thing to have for those times when your headlight batteries fail! Also, you should go to your local Home Depot store, and buy a reflective orange vest.
Keep in mind, too, that commercial trucks have a much lower accident rate than cars, and the people driving them depend on being able to keep their licenses for their livelyhoods. I feel safer riding with trucks than riding with car commuters.

My lighting is somewhere between a small removable lamp and those powerful off-road systems. I use a standard bike dynamo/generator lamp (by Lumotec) wired up to a 6v rechargeable battery stuffed into a water bottle. I use a lead-acid one for ease of recharging, but you can use more advanced NiCad or whatever. You can buy trickle chargers specially for them, which are much better than the ones which come in lighting systems See your local electronics store.

Modern European dynamo lamps are computer designed to optimise the distribution for riders, so the 3 watt systems light up much more than you might expect, and their mounting systems on the front fork mean that you can leave them attatched permanantly.

My main concern is to be visible. I have a red LED on my back and I didnt think the "headlamp" I have would be enough. I checked out a few different headlights last night... mostly LED because I can see the road well enough to ride on so I dont need a $400 headlight. I ended up buying the Cateye el200. This should be enough for my use.
Thanks for ideas!
Cheers,
Tom

I thought the el200 would work (it is surprisingly bright), but it just wasn't enough. Cars consistently pulled out in front of, or nearly into, me. At the least, I would go with the el300 - it has 4x the candlepower. I like my el200, it's a great supplemental light, but cars lack of respect for it frustrated the heck out of me.

If you want to be seen, then try an eternaLight, by Technology Associates:

http://www.techass.com/el/el1.php

I have one with four white LEDs mounted on my helmet forward facing and their Raven (colored LEDs) rear facing. These things really grab attention for a long ways off, even in snow or rain.