Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
It's probably the same sand-in-his-chamois guy who told me last week to "Cover my effing light", if the trail you refer to is the Sammamish River Trail. Did he cover and uncover (manual blink mode) at you before scolding you?
If you're riding a Giro 20, then your light is already much lower than the average diamond-frame rider who mounts on their handlebars or helmet. You'd have to point the light in an essentially useless fashion (center spot straight forward) for there to be enough top-spill that it's in anyone's eyes.
I have my Supernova E3 (which I know is an extremely bright lamp) mounted under my handlebar bag, below my front front rack, on the drive-side of the bike, and angled down... yet this dude still yelled at me.
As I stated; some people just need to rinse the sand out of their chamois and get on with their life.
Yes, this was on the Sammamish River Trial and the guy did cover and uncover his light as well. Perhaps we both had altercations with the same person.
I honestly do not know what to do to solve this. I do ride a Giro 20 so the light is mounted pretty low to begin with. Also I was aware of how bright this light is so I made precautions to insure that it was pointed down a bit and not into other riders eyes. I was considering making up some sort of contraption that would cover and uncover the light with the use of a line or cable, however something like that would be too tedious and not worth the hassle.
I did say "sorry" as he was passing me by and I'm beginning to think that's the only thing I could do in this type of situation.