Originally Posted by
I Like To Ride
I prefer to have my light mounted on my helmet. I can point my 1000 lumen light anywhere and see everything without any disruption.
Originally Posted by
I Like To Ride
Plenty of cyclists run helmet mounted lights. I can adjust the brightness so as not to blind people and still be visible. I ride on the trails in the dark so a powerful helmet light is necessary for me. When I ride in urban area in traffic I just use lower setting.
My racks also have reflecrive tape.
On a trail 100% a helmet mounted light is handy but on paved areas not really super useful and still would much prefer a better beam pattern and on the bike so people can see where my bike is going. Anywhere I am dealing with pedestrians I want my hands on the bars not playing with my lights. People just simply never need to see where anything but the bike is going and with a good solid front light they can do that as well as allowing you to see and not blind people. A helmet light would just be a fun accessory for me in paved areas on a trail and I do mean a trail as in mountain biking or actually off-road, not paved, that is a different story.
Reflective tape is fun and is not a bad thing but lights are crucial. Anything that is not visible from a naked eye is probably not going to be visible to a car without headlights and I see way too many of them these days. Certainly it is better than nothing but being actively visible is the key. I worry about passive stuff after the active lighting is dialed and on point.