This phrase was politely said to me as I was night commuting with my Magic Shine light last week. If you're not familiar with the Magic Shine light, check out the thread about it in the Electronics section of this website and you'll find that it is an extremely bright light. Most of my commute is on a trail so my headlight is the only source of light that I have but despite this, I still use the lowest setting as I do not want to blind other riders.

I noticed that other riders block their light as they pass me and I can only assume that the rider who told me this phrase expected me to do the same as well. The only problem with that is--I ride a recumbent. So with my light mounted by my feet, I do not have the luxury of being able to block my light with my hands. So how should I handle this? I am able to block the light a little with my feet, but doing that is very awkward and I'm unable to keep pedaling if I do this. Should I just apologize if I get comments about this in the future?