Originally Posted by cehowardGS

I hear that same argument about "bicycles with bright lights".. sheesh, do you all know what the alternative is????

First of all, a bicycle is only going to be in view for a couple seconds if that long. Bicycles have the life-long-problem of cagers "oh, I didn't see you"..I noticed this when I started running strong lights up front, I get 95% more respect from the cagers. Not 10, 30, or even 50 I said 95% more respect In addition, I have my lights aimed at about 25 to 30 feet out in front of me, not at eye level of cars.

I run two 26650 lights up front, one on my helmet, and two to three red blinkys in the rear. I wish I could show everyone how cars wait for me, and give me my rightaway when I am running those lights. Another point, I am not on the bike trails or MUPs, which IMO, wouldn't require strong lighting. I am dealing with rush hour balls-out-knock-down-dragout-traffic, that I have to try to merge in at 50 mph. .Oh yeah, try that with some weak lights, and see what it gets you. I get passed at 40mph all day. My lights up front are so bright, at night they can see me coming up from the rear. My lights put out a strong beam/flood/foodprint. That footprint can be seen big time from the rear too..

IMO, it is all about where you ride and the condtions that dictates the kind of bicycle lights. One last point, coming this Sept 22, they got a memorial ride in Prince Georges County, in Maryland. The ride is in memorial to triathelte, and a political canidate, that was training in the wee hours of the morning for a tri. She was hit, and the person that hit them dragged the bike three or four miles to that driver's home. Not saying that if that was me, I wouldn't have got hit also, but I can say, my chances would have way, way better than this poor soul. Even if the driver was talking on the phone, and looking the other way, the brightness of my lights would have drawn some attention. That is a big, big plus for bikers that ride at night and near dark conditions.
Am I worrying about my lights being too bright??? No need for an answer...