Using a flashlight as a bike headlight?
03-12-19, 02:51 PM
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For the short cold season here where I wear long gloves I start my favorite GPS Tracking & Social Posting app before I put gloves on and leave my garage and then take gloves off at destination to stop it.
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01-06-21, 10:53 AM
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Still a strong proponent of flashlight (a good one) after 15yr of very regular use.
01-08-21, 10:26 AM
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i actually do the opposite. use my bike light for biking of course, but it's really handy for camping, etc. i'm in the camp of getting the purpose built bike light and using it for other things
01-08-21, 11:38 AM
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Me too. I have a bunch of German-law-compliant bike headlights I got cheap, and I use them as flashlights for walking on a dark country road. The top of the beam has a sharp cutoff.
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01-22-21, 08:06 PM
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I always use a headlight on my helmet when I trail ride at night, but I had this flashlight so I mounted it with an old bike tube. Very easy and it sheds some light. No worries of blinding anyone where I go. Good riding.
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01-24-21, 09:54 AM
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I have purchased some very cheap handlebar lights (USB charged, LED) on amazon that work great at night. Very small, no mounting issues at all.
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