Using a flashlight as a bike headlight?

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03-12-19 | 02:51 PM

#76

noisebeam

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Originally Posted by 01 CAt Man Do

For me the hardest part of riding in cold weather has to do with not being able to easily access my phone's touch screen if I'm wearing double gloves. .

For the short cold season here where I wear long gloves I start my favorite GPS Tracking & Social Posting app before I put gloves on and leave my garage and then take gloves off at destination to stop it.

01-06-21 | 12:06 AM

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PaulRivers

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Originally Posted by uraniumman

I personally don't see that many cons to it. I mean it's just better illumination after all. I've been using a flashlight for a long time, personally.

You could ask the OP how it's worked out over from the time they asked the question 3 years ago...

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01-06-21 | 10:53 AM

#78

noisebeam

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Still a strong proponent of flashlight (a good one) after 15yr of very regular use.

01-08-21 | 10:26 AM

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redmandarin

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i actually do the opposite. use my bike light for biking of course, but it's really handy for camping, etc. i'm in the camp of getting the purpose built bike light and using it for other things

01-08-21 | 11:38 AM

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noglider

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Originally Posted by redmandarin

i actually do the opposite. use my bike light for biking of course, but it's really handy for camping, etc. i'm in the camp of getting the purpose built bike light and using it for other things

Me too. I have a bunch of German-law-compliant bike headlights I got cheap, and I use them as flashlights for walking on a dark country road. The top of the beam has a sharp cutoff.

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01-22-21 | 08:06 PM

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tilsover

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I always use a headlight on my helmet when I trail ride at night, but I had this flashlight so I mounted it with an old bike tube. Very easy and it sheds some light. No worries of blinding anyone where I go. Good riding.