I think you're right, Jim. Probably a dyno-hub road light plus a helmet-mounted broad light is the answer.
Just using a road light and nothing else off-road has one nasty pitfall. Road lights have a height cutoff so as not to blind oncoming vehicles. That's fine, because roads don't have tree branches and cliffs sticking out at eye level. But trails do, so just using a road light off-road can result in getting clotheslined by a branch. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > For off-road (and on-road), it's really hard to beat the combination of a > stem and helmet mounted setup. The specific problem with off-road is that > periodically, your bicycle may not be pointed in the direction you need to > see. I've found that balancing the power is most helpful. Depending on how > well your eyes work in the dark, even a low wattage LED setup can be quite > enough for normal speeds. (of course, downhill over technical trails, you > need/want brightness.) I like a bit more focused headlight beam - ideal for > when you "need" to see somewhere. The test I use is to look away from the > forward fixed beam and see if I can see enough detail. > > hope that helps. > > - Jim > > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 1:10:09 PM UTC-8, Lynne Fitz wrote: >> >> off-road is notoriously poorly-lit and has no fog lines. I am all for the >> widest beam possible. The B&M Luxos lights are both long and wide, plus >> have a shaped beam with a cutoff. Love mine for the occasional trails >> through parks after dark part of a rando ride. The Luxos is a biggish >> light, though. Mine is mounted at the front of my Nitto rack. >> >> A riding buddy of mine swears by her helmet mounted Stella. It is a >> searchlight; I can say that about it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
