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Bike light recommendations (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Can someone recommend some decent bike lights? I have a front one that attaches with the rubber band type thing that's pretty good except it turns on in my bag every time so it's always dead when I go to use it.

Needs be removable from the bike easily.

I would prefer USB C over micro USB. Or maybe rechargeable AA battery which I already own.

Also the rear light is gonna be attached to milk crate on the back rack.

It's for a city just to be seen so I don't need 7150 lumens.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

TL;DR: Trek Commuter Pro RT with Flare RT rear (available as a set).

Some background: I'm all about dyno lights; my favorite combo is Schmidt SON dyno with a Supernova front and rear light. The dynamo light system is a buy once-cry once affair. It's always ready to go, year-round, and it never requires any further thought once installed. I get really into dialing the wiring and making it look like it came that way from the factory.

My partner gifted me the Trek Pro RT set because I wasn't going to invest in a whole dyno system on one of my new bikes. The front light is a shaped beam (absolutely critical) with a low and high beam function. The taillight has daylight and nighttime modes. I think the taillight can even automatically switch between daytime and nighttime (don't quote me on that). But the really sexy bit is that the headlight wirelessly turns the taillight on and off, as well as shows a gauge of the battery levels of both lights.

This set is now my go-to on all my bikes except the ones that already have dynos. I have some high speed downhill portions of my commute (>40 MPH), and it's nighttime both ways for most of the year. I never outrun the beam on this headlight.

There are all kinds of mounts available to allow these to fit whatever your bike setup might be. The side visibility is great, and the beam patterns are on par with some of the best German dyno lights.