Originally Posted by
pdlamb
With some of the good LED lights, like the Edelux, this isn't a problem. You can see, and be seen, for a hundred yards or so. At 30 mph, I'm in the traffic lane on my downhills, and there's not much debris. I know the roads from riding them every day; it's not likely a longitudinal crack wide enough to snag my tire will have opened up overnight.
Yeah, good shaped beam lights like the Edelux make things way easier to see. It's not simply the lumen output, it's putting an even amount of light on the road with no hotspot.