Originally Posted by
August West
Trek. Obscenely priced for what it is but I liked the clean look so bit the bullet and bought it anyway. Super easy to remove/install for taking the light off for charging.
Bontrager Blendr Universal Light Mount
Thanks for that. I had looked at those and it’s nice to see how they look on the stem itself. But I think that means I need to use the Bontrager stem too.
Originally Posted by
NoWhammies
Good recommendations everyone. Thanks.
GeneO I want to be seen. I don't think I'll use the light very often at night/in complete darkness. DC Rainmker writes highly of the Garmin light.
Sounds like the Bontrager is a good option too. I'll have to investigate prices/availability/etc.
Here’s the light run times from the Bontrager/Trek website. In my experience, this is pretty accurate.
200LM-1.5hrs, 100LM-3hrs,5LM-14.5hrs, Night Flash-30hrs, Day Flash-12hrs
When I used to ride after work, and since I early in the spring and late in the years, I have spent a lot of time riding at night. So I have everything from the top end Lupine lights (5000 lumens anyone - amazing) down to daytime riding lights like these. If I were to pick the most effective lights, it wouldn’t be Garmin - typically too expensive for the light output given. It’s not just a lumens game, it turns out that the optic in from of the LED is pretty much just as important.
So, what I’d recommend, is order them both out and then put them on your bike and see how they look. You’re looking for visibility but you also want to keep the weight down. That’s why the Bontrager Ion lights were my pick. They beat out my Light and Motion Urban 800. Trek has put a really good optic in front of that light and that, coupled with the 12 hour run time in day flash mode (which I run all the time including at night) is kind of amazing.