Have you thought about a good headlamp instead? I know Heinz had a sweet bike light setup.
Sorry, I'm foolish. Nite ize makes a specific flashlight mount http://www.niteize.com/product/Lite-Ride-Gear-Tie.asp I may have to get one now
or using a nite ize handleband to hold one of your lights to the stem maybe?http://www.niteize.com/product/HandleBand.asp
No worries buddy, just doing my part to enable! If you need anyone to push needless bike bling on you, I'm your man! Glad you got a new ride.
Dont know much about current technology but please get a flashing rear light as well.
Quote from: Aloha007 on November 13, 2014, 02:42:21 AMDont know much about current technology but please get a flashing rear light as well. Seriously do i need one to be legal for night rides. I don't think I do but it's probably safer.
I liked what i have seen on a MTB some months ago. 2 brackets with 2 flashlights:- One was a not to bright flooder, that made the known spot of light directly in front of the bike, to drive the city without blinding other people.- The other was a thrower, to use where no other people could be blinded. Great for checking the distance for stuff that could get in the way.He said he only clips the thrower on when he knows he will ride outside, be it on small woodtrails, or on not lighted smaller roads between cities, ...... Other than that the thrower was enough for most uses.
Sorry, but I'm not a fan of cyclists using bright headlamps either. Car lights are pointed at THE ROAD, not straight into the eyes of oncomimg drivers; this makes all the difference. If folks don't believe this is true then turn on your headlamp at night walk 20 feet away, stare into it for a couple of seconds and then look away. If you can honestly say it's not affected your vision then feel free to wear it. If, however, you find you have spots in your eyes, then please don't wear it on the road.
Quote from: Gareth on December 21, 2014, 05:33:36 PMSorry, but I'm not a fan of cyclists using bright headlamps either. Car lights are pointed at THE ROAD, not straight into the eyes of oncomimg drivers; this makes all the difference. If folks don't believe this is true then turn on your headlamp at night walk 20 feet away, stare into it for a couple of seconds and then look away. If you can honestly say it's not affected your vision then feel free to wear it. If, however, you find you have spots in your eyes, then please don't wear it on the road.True enough, but roads aren't totally smooth; headlights move up and down, and you still get them in face. Different cars have lights at different heights; you still get them in the face. And besides, who's reaction is it to head *toward* a really bright light coming at them? Still a better safety feature than a hindrance, in my opinion, but at the same time, most people here don't not own a motor vehicle and rely on their bike for 98% of their transportation, as I do. I also doubt most members here ride both in extremely congested urban traffic while commuting (downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland), AND on unlit rural roads miles in the hills. Here in the Bay Area we have both and a typical ride home for me is usually a minimum of 20 miles in both types of conditions. In downtown SF being seen means staying alive, and if I have to intentionally blind someone to keep them from running a red light so they don't mow me down, so be it.
Quote from: Heinz Doofenshmirtz on December 21, 2014, 06:49:33 PMQuote from: Gareth on December 21, 2014, 05:33:36 PMSorry, but I'm not a fan of cyclists using bright headlamps either. Car lights are pointed at THE ROAD, not straight into the eyes of oncomimg drivers; this makes all the difference. If folks don't believe this is true then turn on your headlamp at night walk 20 feet away, stare into it for a couple of seconds and then look away. If you can honestly say it's not affected your vision then feel free to wear it. If, however, you find you have spots in your eyes, then please don't wear it on the road.True enough, but roads aren't totally smooth; headlights move up and down, and you still get them in face. Different cars have lights at different heights; you still get them in the face. And besides, who's reaction is it to head *toward* a really bright light coming at them? Still a better safety feature than a hindrance, in my opinion, but at the same time, most people here don't not own a motor vehicle and rely on their bike for 98% of their transportation, as I do. I also doubt most members here ride both in extremely congested urban traffic while commuting (downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland), AND on unlit rural roads miles in the hills. Here in the Bay Area we have both and a typical ride home for me is usually a minimum of 20 miles in both types of conditions. In downtown SF being seen means staying alive, and if I have to intentionally blind someone to keep them from running a red light so they don't mow me down, so be it.Sorry Heinz, perhaps I'm reading you wrong, but are you saying that just because it might only be dangerous to the driver and not the cyclist, it's OK to distract the oncoming driver?I take your point that in remote and unlit areas that a good headlamp is a boon, but using it to deliberately blind someone is a concept I just can't get behind. Could you not mount a good air-horn to your bike if you feel you need to make your presence known?