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Bike lights (self.buyitforlife)
submitted 6 months ago by da5nsy to c/buyitforlife
 

Any recommendations for bike lights? They all seem to come with non-replaceable internal rechargable batteries these days ๐Ÿ˜ข

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[โ€“] teft@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Buy an 18650 based pocket flashlight and a flashlight handlebar mount.

This is what i use for downhill riding at night.

https://www.amazon.com/sofirn-SC29-Flashlight-Rechargeable-Emergencies/dp/B0CP7BK3FF

[โ€“] callcc@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Please watch out to orient your light in a way that it wont point into your fellow cyclists eyes. That can be very unsettling.

Bike lights often have optics that try to prevent this from happening off course only when properly oriented.

[โ€“] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I ride downhill mountain biking at night down super steep trails in the jungle. There is zero risk of another person being on the trail. But for sure do that if you're riding around other people.

[โ€“] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago

Riding that during the day not enough of a thrill anymore? Geebus, Iโ€™ve got the heebie jeebies just imagining it.