Dazzled in Richmond Park
EdFrancis
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Is it just me or is it incredibly annoying riding in the dark in Richmond Park to be confronted by oncoming cyclists with blindingly bright lights? Are they really necessary? Isn't there a way of dipping the beam? I wouldn't normally whinge but I almost came off the road this evening.
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I'm probably guilty of this myself :oops: (not in Richmond Park).EdFrancis wrote:Is it just me or is it incredibly annoying riding in the dark in Richmond Park to be confronted by oncoming cyclists with blindingly bright lights? Are they really necessary? Isn't there a way of dipping the beam? I wouldn't normally whinge but I almost came off the road this evening.
I have an HID. It is the same bulb (there are very few manufacturers as I understood the sales yawn) as found in newer cars. In cars you can typically have 4 of them. I'm not sure how a bike with one, directed at a steeper angle (from higher up, directed a shorter distance from the vehicle), can be as bad as a car with 4.
Perhaps they are wobblier to you catch the beam more often?
(BTW they are entirely indispensable for training on unlit roads and, I think, helpful but not indispensable in the city.... where they are less dazzling in any case)0 -
I have an HID. It is the same bulb (there are very few manufacturers as I understood the sales yawn) as found in newer cars. In cars you can typically have 4 of them. I'm not sure how a bike with one, directed at a steeper angle (from higher up, directed a shorter distance from the vehicle), can be as bad as a car with 4.
Perhaps they are wobblier to you catch the beam more often?
(BTW they are entirely indispensable for training on unlit roads and, I think, helpful but not indispensable in the city.... where they are less dazzling in any case)
+1. Angle them right...and there's no problem. Far less bright than car headlights. Wouldn't be without mine for the commute0
