Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,519
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From: Fort Worth, Texas
Bikes: 2000 Bianchi Veloce, '88 Schwinn Prologue, '90 Bianchi Volpe,'94 Yokota Grizzly Peak, Yokota Enterprise, '16 Diamondback Haanjo, '91 Bianchi Boardwalk, Ellsworth cruiser
I bought my first strong headlight earlier this year, a 200 lumen Cygolite. I think 150 lumens is the bare minimum to be able to see by, and that is marginal. 200 (or more) is preferable and I am now normally teaming my Cygolite up with a 200 lumen flashlight. The different beam patterns with a total of 400 lumens work well together to light up the road ahead and two lights gives me some redundancy.