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Old 09-14-16 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RidingMatthew
i think a helmet mounted light might be your best bet. My Garmin can stay backlit if I wanted it too. I have set to 15 seconds but when the dark ages move in I might bump it up to 30seconds or so.
That does not work. Rather than glance over, you need to tilt your head by a large angle. Then the handlebar area brightens up immensely. Your eyesight needs to adjust. Then it needs to adjust again after you start looking ahead. In the meantime you might have already hit somebody or something.
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