What are your opinions about the optimum height for bicycle mounted headlights?
Do you believe that the optimum mounting height for long throw lights is any different than for a short throw wide angle light?
What about mounting height versus different weather conditions such as fog, rain, sleet, or snow.
What about different road or ground conditions such as wet roads, snow covered, ice covered, black ice covered, covered with that nasty winter road slop mix of snow, sand, oil, and anti-freeze, or gravel, mud, grass, tall weeds, etc.?
On my Surly Troll, the top of the handlebar is 42.75" above ground with the bike unloaded. Unfortunately, loads that I carry on the front rack can sometimes interfere with the headlight. Also, taller parking bike racks can sometimes interfere with handlebar mounted lights when you are locking up your bicycle.
I'm considering mounting a headlight to the underside of the front rack, which is 27" above the ground.
Scott Novak
Do you believe that the optimum mounting height for long throw lights is any different than for a short throw wide angle light?
What about mounting height versus different weather conditions such as fog, rain, sleet, or snow.
What about different road or ground conditions such as wet roads, snow covered, ice covered, black ice covered, covered with that nasty winter road slop mix of snow, sand, oil, and anti-freeze, or gravel, mud, grass, tall weeds, etc.?
On my Surly Troll, the top of the handlebar is 42.75" above ground with the bike unloaded. Unfortunately, loads that I carry on the front rack can sometimes interfere with the headlight. Also, taller parking bike racks can sometimes interfere with handlebar mounted lights when you are locking up your bicycle.
I'm considering mounting a headlight to the underside of the front rack, which is 27" above the ground.
Scott Novak