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The 40-lumen rear red light has two modes, flashing and solid, as does the white light option. Plus, 40 lumens is plenty for a rear light, as its purpose is to make you visible, not to light your path ahead. But when you swap to the 200-lumen front white light option, you can see the road ahead of you. Side visibility can be an important factor to consider, and some lights rate higher in this category than others. When riding through busy streets, improved side visibility can help prevent accidents before they happen. Another, perhaps less complex, way of looking at this question is just as a matter of what form the bike lights should take. In that case, a white front light and a red rear light are what you will want. Add more if you’d prefer extra visibility. What battery type is best for a bike light? Lumens is all about potential, but Lux is about how much light you can actually use in the real world. How do we test bike lights?

On this list, the Garmin Varia is an excellent road-riding light. Road cyclists that will be sharing the road should also have a bright rear light with plenty of battery life for long rides. Mountain Biking Whatever your need, keep in mind that brighter lights have bigger batteries and you can turn them down. A 2000 lumen light will require a bigger integrated battery than a 1000 lumen light because some people will need a reasonable burn time at full power. Instead, you can halve the power and double the burn time plus if you ever need more light, it's there. How do I mount a light to my bike? I've ridden thousands of miles with an RTL515 and I've never once had it miss reporting a car. It's also brighter than some of the competition and it has more battery life. The downside of the unit's age is that it's still using a micro-usb charging port. There's also been a vocal request for a leash mount and while I've never lost my 515, it seems like it would be a prudent addition. Those details don't affect the core functionality though, when it comes to a light that tells when there is a car behind you, this is the best choice.The Lezyne Strip Drive Pro Alert is another light with a massive battery. Just like with the Exposure light you get a 1400 mAh battery but Lezyne takes the focus in a different direction. Rather than aiming for super long battery life, Lezyne offers a massive 300-lumens out of the wide 270-degree lens. Although some brands would argue that the reflector matters more and you don't need so much power, you might disagree. If you want power this light offers it. It should be no surprise to see the Bontrager Flare RT after we also included the Ion 200 RT above. The two lights came out together, they are available as a pair, and they share many of the same strengths. The Flare RT is a no-fuss light you can take with you on any ride, day or night, and know you will catch the attention of other road users.It's affordable, easy to mount to most seat posts, and can be mounted to pretty much anything else with the appropriate adaptor. It is more than bright enough, with great run time, and while there are others here with more features such as radar and cameras, this is a great light for most people in most situations. For riding on the road, a single light mounted to your handlebars and seat post would be more than enough - mountain bikers often use a helmet-mounted light to illuminate where they are looking, but for road riding these aren’t necessary. With a 544-foot forward output and a 100-foot wide beam, the BC26R is equally at home on mountain, road, gravel, touring, and commuter bikes. Its waterproof metal housing is lightweight and extremely durable and seals out dust and debris very well. Editor’s note: We updated this guide on September 26, 2023, to include new lights from Fenix, Garmin, and Bontrager, along with details about how we test and choose our favorite bike lights. The Best Bike Lights of 2023

There are a couple of other options for riding through the night on this list. The Exposure Strada Mk11 SB AKTiv takes things to a whole other level when it comes to ultra-endurance endeavours. What that really means is multi-day events. You could make the Outbound Lighting Detour work and you could even make the Magic RN3000 work in a pinch but both of those options make more sense for something that is 24-hours or less. If you are covering more than a single night, there’s nothing that can touch the Exposure Strada Mk11 SB AKTiv. Ultimately, the brightness of a bike light is a product of the lumen count, beam width, and beam angle. A light with a super-high lumen count is great, but only if it has been designed to use its brightness effectively.The handlebar mount for both lights is excellent, albeit somewhat difficult to manage with large thumbs. Having logged a ton of gravel and dirt miles with this light, our tester felt extremely confident about the light staying fixed in place and experienced zero issues.

Recently Light and Motion added a second light — the Trail, to the Vis Pro 100 lineup. Functionally the two lights are almost identical, however, the Trail version comes with a Velcro strap to attach the light to your helmet.One of the Dash Pro’s claims to fame is the three-mode daytime running lights (DRL), which increase visibility and safety for when it’s not-quite-dark-but-still-sort-of-light-out. And while you might not find yourself using the DRL feature all that often, the Dash Pro features five other modes: Boost, High, Medium, Low, and Steady Pulse. On boost, the Dash Pro will last approximately one hour, and Cygolite claims that on lower levels users can get up to 70 hours of light out of one charge. The clamp mechanism is well-designed and keeps the light secure on a wide range of handlebars. Our tester was disappointed to find that the mounting platform is fixed with no ability to rotate. For commuting things are a little less serious but you should still overestimate your needs. After a long day at work and a rainy ride home it's very easy to forget to charge your light. Longer battery is more convenient because you will need to charge it less. In the majority of cases, the output of StVZO lights is measured in Lux rather than Lumens. Lux is used because it’s a measure of how much light is projected onto a surface (called luminance), whereas lumens simply refers to how much light can be produced. When it's time to charge the Knog Blinder Road 600, no cable is needed. Just like the strap, the charger is an integrated unit. You will have to unclip the light but then a full sized USB attachment unfolds and you can plug it in without needing any extra pieces. If you prefer a little bit of space from your USB port, there is an extension included though you'd need to carry it extra.