Originally Posted by
thunderseed
Well this might be a dumb question, but how high is too high?
It's one of those small but long cylinder shaped lights, so then I worry if I point the light beam at the ground, can drivers still see it?
And I don't want it directly in front of me, I like to have it about ten feet in front of me so I can see any obstacles I might ride into, but maybe that's angled too high?
that's a tougher question. one must imagine that car's headlights are engineered to be within fractions of a millimeter in place before sending them out to production - to balance light for the driver vs blinding oncoming traffic. as cyclists, we have to quickly attach a bright light to a bar and do it to within millimeters of a correct position in order to do the same.
trial & error, of which one could cost you a life.