Cycling at night

[tyred]

It sounds as though many people are using bright lights but not angling them sympathetically for other road users. Such a shame. Just like idiots who keep their full beams on and those who drive with fog lighs on!

There is a difference between something like the German approved lamps which can be very bright but are designed to be headlamps and have a shaped beam and put their light on the road and something that is basically a torch and sends light everywhere, including into the face of oncoming traffic.

 

[hotfuzzrj]

Thanks.

 

[hoopdriver]

Yes, a big difference. My (German made) Lupine lamp really is very much like a headlamp, with a nicely shaped beam that illuminates the road ahead rather than some cheap and nasty strobe that blinds oncoming traffic. Not cheap, Lupine lights, but they are very, very nice.

 

[BUR70N]

I sometimes get blinded by oncoming cyclists on my winter country lane commute. So much so that I have to stop and put a foot down because I can't see the road.

They're morons. IMHO.

This is because they don't angle the lights downwards slightly, meaning that every sod gets blinded heading towards them.

 

[Davidc]

I do a fair amount of after dark riding on unlit roads and most of the time use a dynamo with B&M CYO60 at the front and toplight at the back.

Also always have a battery lamp at the back, so if one or other fails the other's there 'til I notice.

Normally I have a Hope V1 on the front as well, so there's a backup available, and an extra light for fast downhills.

The CYO60 and the Hope at level 3 are about the same brightness and more than adequate at speeds up to around 25mph, and bright enough that most drivers dip their headlights for me. (If they don't the Hope at full power gets the message across)