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Old 03-20-26 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by noglider
Your headlight is probably better than mine which is older. If I need to ride on a country road, I'll replace my headlight with one like yours.

On another point, if your light lights up signs above your light, it's pointed up too much. These German lights can be made so they don't go into anyone's eyes. The more light you take out of people's eyes, the more light you put on the road.
In total dark conditions, I am happy with my B&M IQ-XS, cheaper and slightly dimmer than the one TCS cited.

That said, going down a hill fast is problematic, as where the road flattens out, that is above the light beam so you can't see that well at a distance on downhills.

I set my lights so that the reflectors on the taillights on parked cars are lit up, but just barely that high.

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