I found myself out in the rain yesterday evening and for the first time on the stretch of road that leads from our village onto the A10, its only about half a mile but it is a twisty stretch of national speed limit road with no street lighting at all and no houses so no ambient light at all. To make matters worse there are large farms fields on both sides with light bush cover between them and the road. Not enough to stop the gale force winds from whipping across the fields but just enough to stop a car from seeing you until it comes around the bend at 60.
The truth is I was bricking it yesterday, I realised that my catseye lights might have enough light so that a car can see me however they provide no illumination of the road in the way that a car headlamp does. I thought they were half decent lights. What's the solution? All I can think of is buying more lights so that I have the power of two rather than one? I have a number of LED head torches that I use for night fishing, could I use on of those?
I have been deliberating upgrading my MTB to a flat bar road bike (Sirrus) or a Kona Dew Deluxe hybrid, when I left home yesterday morning I thought I had finally come to the decision that it was going to be the Sirrus however yesterday evening has left me a little worried that I could not see the road in some places let alone pot holes and perhaps for a commuter bike I may be better of going for the Kona or having a total rethink and perhaps opting for a cheapish commuter bike like a Carerra and then waiting until the spring before getting a road / better bike.
The truth is I was bricking it yesterday, I realised that my catseye lights might have enough light so that a car can see me however they provide no illumination of the road in the way that a car headlamp does. I thought they were half decent lights. What's the solution? All I can think of is buying more lights so that I have the power of two rather than one? I have a number of LED head torches that I use for night fishing, could I use on of those?
I have been deliberating upgrading my MTB to a flat bar road bike (Sirrus) or a Kona Dew Deluxe hybrid, when I left home yesterday morning I thought I had finally come to the decision that it was going to be the Sirrus however yesterday evening has left me a little worried that I could not see the road in some places let alone pot holes and perhaps for a commuter bike I may be better of going for the Kona or having a total rethink and perhaps opting for a cheapish commuter bike like a Carerra and then waiting until the spring before getting a road / better bike.
