Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I strongly suspect that a small solar panel would not provide enough power to charge the headlight's battery to any significant extent. Stuff like that may be available in a year or two but not yet. You'll need to plug this battery in, for sure. You may want to buy a spare battery and carry it for occasions when this one discharges on the road.
It's a lot of work, to my thinking. I'm super pleased with my dynamo powered systems. I only rely on battery powered headlights briefly and infrequently nowadays.