This looks like a good place to share my first Fenix ride too.

I received my Fenix L2DQ5 and lockblocks yesterday and mounted the Fenix on my bike today. I left the light off during my ride to meet up with the group because the sun was still up (~5:30pm) and I wanted to save the batteries in case the ride lasted longer than I anticipated.

Less than 5 miles into the ride, a car turned right in front of me at a point where I had just glanced down. I looked up to see something large and brown right in front of me and slammed on the brakes. But it was too late to stop and I glanced off the side of the car scraping down the right rear door with my handlebars and getting a nice big mouse on my right forearm, but I kept the bike upright. No apparent damage to the bike that I could find, but it sorta shook me up. Shook up the driver too. They called later after my ride to check up on me. I think I'll run the bike by the LBS and let them take a look for any hidden damage that may have occurred. Whew... that was a close one.

From that point on I rode with the Fenix in stobe mode and ran the PBSF as well. I mean, how ironic can that be?! I shoulda had the Fenix strobe going. That's what I bought it for. And I had the light turned off on my very first ride with it. What irony!

Be careful out there. They're out to get you.

Regarding the Fenix itself, I was pleased to see how far ahead I could see the strobe reflecting off road signs, even while there was plenty of daylight left. I never needed the light to see as I completed the ride by 8:30pm with lots of daylight left. And the Fenix stayed nice and cool while running in strobe mode for 2+ hours.

I have to wonder if it would have made a difference if I'd had the strobe running earlier in the ride when that car turned in front of me. I believe it would.