Originally Posted by
scarleton
Well, that is a very nice looking setup you have! After seeing your setup, it is clear to me that not everyone does need a light bar. But there are some advantages...
- Light bars allow things like handbar bag.
- They raise the angle of the light as to provide better lighting. Lights mounted too low, like at the hub, cast really bad shadows. The higher the better.
- It allows you to put more stuff in general on your bar. I already have a lot.
I really like your light bar but disagree with one of your points. Many people specifically mount bike lights lower to cast those shadows. Sometimes it's hard to see small bumps and other things in the road when the lights are mounted very high (and subsequently don't cast any shadows.) Many dynamo lights are mounted on a bracket coming off of the front brake mount. But I guess it's all a matter of preference.