Originally Posted by
Blues Rider
Hi! Newbie here!
I wonder if I could get some advice on lights I could get for my two bikes: A 2016 Trek Domane and an OLD Schwinn one-speed.
The old one has the old-type handlebars that are thin.
I don't plan on riding a LOT in the dark, but now and then, I might, especially early in the morning in the summer, or when I need to toodle on my one-speed to the store for a beer run.
What are the better front and rear lights for such purposes--road riding and "toodling"--at some of the better prices?
Thanks!
For your purposes, spending much more than the $
20 a Cree light from Amazon would cost you is wasted money. That includes a number of cheap "been seen (but not really)" lights you can by from any number of sources.
I've spent a lot of money on lights over the years and, on a cost/performance basis, the Cree above is the best value. I've bought small Princeton Tech lights for $70 that aren't a 10th as good and I have a Cygo Explion 800 that cost me $135 (REI dividend) that not quite as good.
For less than $20, the light works and even if something goes wrong with it, you aren't out much money. Can't say the same for a lot of other lights.