Mounting Lights On Handlebars
A handlebar mounted lamp will light in the direction of one's handlebars. So in order to see left you'd must turn your handlebars to the left and vice versa. This is naturally not extremely practical. Commonly you turn your head before you turn your handlebars when checking the trail ahead. Also - you can not truly see left or right from the trail like... if there is a suspicious noise coming from the bushes :) or something like that.
But however a handlebar mounted lamp is more practical due to the fact it's on the bike instead of on your head.
Mounting Lights On Helmets
In case you mount the lamp on your helmet the light will normally follow your head. Wherever you look the light will follow. An additional great thing is additional height. A lamp on a helmet will throw the light on the trail ahead from a higher point which suggests less shadows. However it is sort of impractical due to the fact it makes your helmet heavier and you will need a cable connecting the lamp and the batteries to be hidden somewhere on you. The best thing is to have a backpack so the batteries are in the backpack and there's only minimal distance from the helmet to the batteries.
What kind of Bike Lights Should You Get And Where To Put Them?
1. Best Case Scenario - Spot Light On Helmet, Flood Light On Handlebars
If you have adequate money and you don't mind carrying two lamps then get one strong spot light and one powerful flood light. Then put the flood light on the handlebars and spot light on your helmet.
Spot light on your helmet signifies that the strong beam of light will constantly follow your head so it's going to be right in front of your eyes at all times. This way you won't have difficulty with sharper borders of the spot light - if you look from a bright spot into a darker area you may be blinded for a while, like stepping inside from strong sun. But when the bright spot is constantly in front of you you do not have to...actually you can not look away.
Flood light on handlebars will offer you good width of viewing field, spot light on helmet will offer you the distance and will follow your head - this combination makes it possible for you to ride anything you would ordinarily ride through the day - even really quick descents.
2. Strong Flood Light On Handlebars Only
This really is IMHO the second best thing when the flood light is strong. When you are only going to obtain one lamp then get a strong flood light and put it on your handlebars. Flood light doesn't have a bright spot in the middle that would disturb your eyes. It's going to evenly light a wide area in front of the bike which also consists of corners. It should be strong so it has sufficient distance. This sort of setup is ok for everything but the fastest descents. When you are going genuinely rapidly you may need some extra distance from a spot lamp.
3. Spot Light On Your Helmet
Simply because spot lights give you extra distance they do not need to be so powerful to light the trail far ahead. Less power equals lower cost, so this really is the least expensive mountainbikelight setup of all 3. Bright spot will follow your head so it won't bother you but you'll miss the wide angle of the flood light. Nonetheless even this is quite alright for most of the XC night riding.
A handlebar mounted lamp will light in the direction of one's handlebars. So in order to see left you'd must turn your handlebars to the left and vice versa. This is naturally not extremely practical. Commonly you turn your head before you turn your handlebars when checking the trail ahead. Also - you can not truly see left or right from the trail like... if there is a suspicious noise coming from the bushes :) or something like that.
But however a handlebar mounted lamp is more practical due to the fact it's on the bike instead of on your head.
Mounting Lights On Helmets
In case you mount the lamp on your helmet the light will normally follow your head. Wherever you look the light will follow. An additional great thing is additional height. A lamp on a helmet will throw the light on the trail ahead from a higher point which suggests less shadows. However it is sort of impractical due to the fact it makes your helmet heavier and you will need a cable connecting the lamp and the batteries to be hidden somewhere on you. The best thing is to have a backpack so the batteries are in the backpack and there's only minimal distance from the helmet to the batteries.
What kind of Bike Lights Should You Get And Where To Put Them?
1. Best Case Scenario - Spot Light On Helmet, Flood Light On Handlebars
If you have adequate money and you don't mind carrying two lamps then get one strong spot light and one powerful flood light. Then put the flood light on the handlebars and spot light on your helmet.
Spot light on your helmet signifies that the strong beam of light will constantly follow your head so it's going to be right in front of your eyes at all times. This way you won't have difficulty with sharper borders of the spot light - if you look from a bright spot into a darker area you may be blinded for a while, like stepping inside from strong sun. But when the bright spot is constantly in front of you you do not have to...actually you can not look away.
Flood light on handlebars will offer you good width of viewing field, spot light on helmet will offer you the distance and will follow your head - this combination makes it possible for you to ride anything you would ordinarily ride through the day - even really quick descents.
2. Strong Flood Light On Handlebars Only
This really is IMHO the second best thing when the flood light is strong. When you are only going to obtain one lamp then get a strong flood light and put it on your handlebars. Flood light doesn't have a bright spot in the middle that would disturb your eyes. It's going to evenly light a wide area in front of the bike which also consists of corners. It should be strong so it has sufficient distance. This sort of setup is ok for everything but the fastest descents. When you are going genuinely rapidly you may need some extra distance from a spot lamp.
3. Spot Light On Your Helmet
Simply because spot lights give you extra distance they do not need to be so powerful to light the trail far ahead. Less power equals lower cost, so this really is the least expensive mountainbikelight setup of all 3. Bright spot will follow your head so it won't bother you but you'll miss the wide angle of the flood light. Nonetheless even this is quite alright for most of the XC night riding.
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