Originally Posted by
Schwinnrider
I have to agree about DiNotte. Caution, Noah---lighting is addictive and you develop a tolerance to it. I had a first generation DiNotte Ultralight for a few years. 140 lumens and I thought it was awesome. Then I upgraded to a 200L---and I couldn't believe I rode with the Ultralight for so long. I followed that with a DiNotte 600L---wow. Now when I ride with just the 200L I find myself longing for the light of the 600L. :-)
And----holy crap! You rode 200K on a bike with flat bars? No wonder your left hand was still numb. Drop bars, man. Nitto Noodles, especially, are your friend. They're perfect for your situation. I can't imagine riding any sort of distance with only one available hand position. That's a good way to develop a chronic injury.
I actually have a 15W halogen that I use in tandem with the 200L on occasion. That's about 500 lumens of light but the halogen only lasts about 90 minutes. I just didn't feel like throwing it on the bike for this ride. I had enough weight on it as is, and I'm not a weight weenie. I just didn't see the need for that kind of light output for the kind of (lack of ) speed we'd be maintaining in the first few dark hours of the ride.
There's a guy I ride with on occasion that has a Nexus-8 equipped Rockhopper rigid frame with drop bars and slick tires. I see some cheapo road brake levers and drop bars in my future for Hybridzilla, perhaps. Or I could just fix my road bike. That sounds like a better idea. It needs a new rear wheel badly.