Never mind. I think I like the over bright headlamp after all.
This morning at 5:30 AM a guy in a SUV swerved at me and cut me close while honking. I think he didn't like me being in the right hand lane, of a four lane bridge, with he and I the only vehicles within 3 blocks either way, and me going >25 mph.
I caught up to him at the stop light and he started cussing me out for being in the lane. I pulled up right next to him, aiming my light directly in his eyes from about 4 feet away. He continued cussing but couldn't look at me. The light is concentrated and bright, maybe 600 lumens. Then he drove off.
(In fairness, I may be more attentive from now on about staying in the bike lane too. I like to sprint as hard as I can up the bridge approach, and at that hour I haven't thought it was too important to stay precisely in the bike lane for the 400 m of that sprint, since there is no problem for anyone to pass in the other lane. Since I round the entry corner faster than cars do, I usually pull away from any car for the first 100 m then they pass me at 200 m.)
Oh, I have a NiteRider on the handlebar, in addition to the helmet light.
Whoa boy, I like your style!!
I run a heavy on my helmet and also and two heavies up front. One day, I am on a dual lane road, and I am taking the full lane. Not getting there where the park cars can open a door on me, or allow another car to squeeze in my lane. Low and behold here comes the woman driver and passes me within inches. The light catches her. I run up to her, and I said "you see how close you were when you passed me?".. She replied, "Did I hit you did I?".. I turned red, then blue, then red again, and not the helmet light, but I had a triple cree on the front along with another 26650 light. Switched on and banged her good with those lights, she was already stopped, she took her hands off the wheel to escape that burner..
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Note: However, though both of us reacted in the same way, I must say, we were both wrong..
But, at that moment, the rage was there when she quipped in a nastyazz tone, "I didn't hit ya did I".. I let the rage take over. Which is big time wrong!!
The light I blasted in her face, the triple on the left..
And my big baby helmet light..IMO, you can't go too bright on the bicycle. Unless you are on the bike trail or MUP..
This is on my helmet. She will throw a beam that will knock you down, not only that, the on my helmet, a 26650 too, rivals the triple cree!!
Glad you joined the "Big Lum Club"...
