I'm all for the advances in light technology and how relatively low the
cost is to obtain a good light but like Andrew said, during my commute at
night I'm constantly blinded by the 400-1000 lumen lights everyone has
mounted on their handlebars. I have a Cygolite from Riv on a Paul Gino
Ryan:
The problem, I believe, is more from the design of modern lights than the
brightness. By and large, the lights you can buy in US—and this includes pretty
much every LED light on the market—throw out a cone of light that shines up and
much as it shines down. It might be “focused,” but
Back about 1995 I used to carry 2 NiteRider Cyclops lights, 15 watt
halogens each with a 2-lb battery. My Edeluxe I provides better road
illumination from 2.4 watts. And the newly ordered K-Lite dynamo light puts
out 600 lumens on Low and 1200 on High with a claimed 10 minute standlight.
On
I came across a little book entitled "Cycling," by RC Shaw, printed in the
UK and copyright 1953. It's a neat window into the past.
In one section of the book, after a page or two outlining the drawbacks of
the comparatively primitive battery and dynamo lights of the day, Mr. Shaw
writes
EFZ. I use lights to show up the potholes and dead skunks, not so much to
help the cagers see me.
Just back from Portland, where every other rig seems to be a HID
hub-powered coastal lighthouse beacon.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7:18:06 PM UTC-8, Clayton.sf wrote:
>
If they can't see me they can't hit me. There is a reason the army wears camo
and ninjas dress in black.
Clayton Scott
SF, CA
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