Originally Posted by
Biker395
On my AM commute currently as now it's in the dark, it seems there are not a few riders who (self-righteously) overdo the lights to the detriment of oncoming riders, but that's another topic.
That sure rings true. There are times I wonder if people know that their lights have more than one setting and that on a dark bike path, all they are doing by leaving them on the MAX setting is ruining their night vision. Some of those 1000+ lumen lights are ridiculously bright for someone rolling along at 15 miles an hour or so.
One of the nice things about a helmet light is the ability to have something bright enough to see where you are going, but narrow enough to point out of someone's eyes when they are approaching.
I commute on a cycle lane that has been built alongside a guided bus route (brilliant as the roads are new and you can go at speed .... no cars or traffic lights and built for cyclists and pedestrians ... one stretch of my commute on one of these lanes is 5km with no stops on flat ground except for one steep bridge
The problem is, that there are no streetlamps and the cycle lane cuts through old farmland etc .... it's pitch dark
but you can see oncoming cyclists, even if they have poor lights .... however, there are pedestrians who use these cycle paths aswell ... they dont wear hi-viz clothes, so you only see them with normal lights when you are 3 meters away ....
I ride carefully and slower at night but I need to get stronger lights and will most probably offend oncoming cyclists
