How bright is bright enough for a daytime running light?
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I use an Exposure Blaze rear light basically whenever I ride which is 80 lumens.....not many rear lights come brighter than this....but how many lumens do you think is "enough" for a daytime front light? I generally like Exposure lights...they're expensive but often have good battery life and a nice, rugged design. I have a Mk9 Race which is probably a bit overkill as a general light at 1200 lumens 
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Some lights can be too bright for sure. Clearly, something very bright in the daytime is less "blinding" than at night, as our eyes adapt with pupil dilation.
My Exposure Blaze is 80 lumens and seems incredibly bright.... Yet some rear lights claim to be over 250+ lumens which, either they aren't, or they're too bright IMO. I simply don't see the need for anything brighter than the Blaze! Just wasn't sure. About a front light because obviously a red light stands out more than a white light!
My Exposure Blaze is 80 lumens and seems incredibly bright.... Yet some rear lights claim to be over 250+ lumens which, either they aren't, or they're too bright IMO. I simply don't see the need for anything brighter than the Blaze! Just wasn't sure. About a front light because obviously a red light stands out more than a white light!
The Dangerous Elk said:
Not in any way, just amazed you could be so dumb to type that rubbish that is all.
Well, you certainly seem a bit upset.If you are one of people that I was poking fun at, then I have a top tip - if a light (of a car or bicycle) seems rather bright as you approach it, don't stare into it as you get closer and closer.
The same advice can be applied to other bright sources of light, such as "the sun".
HTH.
daddy cool said:
Well, you certainly seem a bit upset.
If you are one of people that I was poking fun at, then I have a top tip - if a light (of a car or bicycle) seems rather bright as you approach it, don't stare into it as you get closer and closer.
The same advice can be applied to other bright sources of light, such as "the sun".
HTH.
Yeh, I'm steaming here, boiling over If you are one of people that I was poking fun at, then I have a top tip - if a light (of a car or bicycle) seems rather bright as you approach it, don't stare into it as you get closer and closer.
The same advice can be applied to other bright sources of light, such as "the sun".
HTH.
Buy a decent light and fix it in a place and position that does not require any road user to "look away" from your flashing and moving lamp stuck to you head like most of us considerate cyclists do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprm7BjQOD4
The Dangerous Elk said:
daddy cool said:
Well, you certainly seem a bit upset.
If you are one of people that I was poking fun at, then I have a top tip - if a light (of a car or bicycle) seems rather bright as you approach it, don't stare into it as you get closer and closer.
The same advice can be applied to other bright sources of light, such as "the sun".
HTH.
Yeh, I'm steaming here, boiling over If you are one of people that I was poking fun at, then I have a top tip - if a light (of a car or bicycle) seems rather bright as you approach it, don't stare into it as you get closer and closer.
The same advice can be applied to other bright sources of light, such as "the sun".
HTH.
Buy a decent light and fix it in a place and position that does not require any road user to "look away" from your flashing and moving lamp stuck to you head like most of us considerate cyclists do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprm7BjQOD4
E65Ross said:
The camera will also show it to be a bit worse than it is I suspect;
Yeah, especially as he could do with wiping the camera lense so that it doesn't cause such massive lens flare/bloom!If a driver sees the light in the same way then he only has himself to blame for not cleaning his windows... though, at a couple of feet above the tarmac like in that video, he must be driving a Caterham 7, so maybe he doesn't have windows...
Once again, reading moany posts about cyclists, I feel im either the best driver on the road, or just incredibly lucky, because I don't get bothered by lights any more than car headlights, and seem to be able to overtake them safely and considerately without causing more than a few seconds delay to my journey, and without bothering the cyclist...
daddy cool said:
E65Ross said:
The camera will also show it to be a bit worse than it is I suspect;
Yeah, especially as he could do with wiping the camera lense so that it doesn't cause such massive lens flare/bloom!If a driver sees the light in the same way then he only has himself to blame for not cleaning his windows... though, at a couple of feet above the tarmac like in that video, he must be driving a Caterham 7, so maybe he doesn't have windows...
Once again, reading moany posts about cyclists, I feel im either the best driver on the road, or just incredibly lucky, because I don't get bothered by lights any more than car headlights, and seem to be able to overtake them safely and considerately without causing more than a few seconds delay to my journey, and without bothering the cyclist...
The Dangerous Elk said:
and the cyclists light was still brighter that the cars lights.
In the daytime its not more noticeable, he's just a plonker for having it extremely bright at night. But considering this thread is about daytime lights, you've just confirmed that "very bright" isn't too bright for daytime E65Ross said:
In the daytime its not more noticeable, he's just a plonker for having it extremely bright at night. But considering this thread is about daytime lights, you've just confirmed that "very bright" isn't too bright for daytime
It is, there is no need and as another cyclist it is f
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