I've been out virtually every night this week as it's still warm but dark after 8pm. Twice this week I've been coming down a hill (on the road), you know a gentle descent so you can get your pedals cranking, very rural, through a woods. When another MTBers lights coming the other way have dazzled me so much that I had to virtually stop until they were past me. Two lads abreast, when they seen me one of them turned theirs down but the other didn't, leaving it on high all the time. As they past one said 'alright?' like a greeting, I replied a curt 'yeah thanks'
bit of empathy might have been nice.
He asked if you were OK when it happened. You said yes, for some reason. Then you ranted about it on the internet afterwards. Well played sir.
i flash em
i used to use a HID on my lid, then i just needed to look at em.
nah, the 'yeah thanks' was in my most sarcastic tone. 🙂
it was clear that I was unhappy with the light coz I was looking at the floor.
And that's a more sensible approach than "You could be a bit more careful with the light"?
I dont turn my lights down for cars or pedestrians, so why would another biker be any different to anyone else.
If you cant see, like in a car with oncoming traffic, you slow down and then carry on afterwards.
before I ram it right up your . . . . .
when those lights are on MAX they are brighter than a cars headlights, smaller and more defined so more dazzling.
I often carry a crystal ball when night riding, just so i know what other people are really thinking/ mean when they speak 😉
I always put my hand over my light if traffic is oncoming.
Its only being polite isn't it.
Why didn't you say, "no, sorry, I had to slow down because I was blinded by your lights and couldn't see where I was going"?
Are you a (non-combative) man or a mouse (that can type)?
and maybe, just maybe he doesn't know how bright his light is from the other POV, if only somebody had told him he might dip it next time....
Also, it's easy to forget how bright your own lights can be, instead of seething about it all night and morning and then ranting on the internet you could try communicating with another human being using good old fashioned words next time.
yeah! I'd have left them feet up in a ditch! GRRRRR!
Yup - should have turned it down for you.
Simple.
Anything else is inconsiderate.
I dont turn my lights down for cars or pedestrians, so why would another biker be any different to anyone else.If you cant see, like in a car with oncoming traffic, you slow down and then carry on afterwards.
Cars usually dip their beam though...
🙄 :slow handclap:I dont turn my lights down for cars or pedestrians, so why would another biker be any different to anyone else
I turned mine down and his mate did also so that to me means that guy's a t0ss3r.
or forgot...
I agree it's bit inconsiderate but it's a hell of a lot more likely that he just forgot, or doesn't realise, rather than goes out riding at night with the specific intention of blinding and annoying other riders.
I commute in and out of London for work. Last winter there was some monkey on the riverside path between Hammersmith and Putey who rode with a light set at other cyclists' eye levels. Despite several riders asking him to angle it downwards, he never even acknowledges other riders. So, come the winter nights, I'll be sticking by Nightlightning on my lid to see if he gets the message.
But anyway - try asking them next time. Never hurts. Unless they have poor impulse control or are psychotic.
Man up and say something next time, as long it's said well humoured it won't end in conflict
You wont like me than, I have the Exposure Six Pack Mk3, 2000 lumens 😈
...i flash em..
So do I - their high beam lights up my crown jewels a treat......
DrP
It is funny when someone goes out for a night ride then illuminates their surroundings brighter than the sun at noon.
Easy enough to dip a bar mounted light when you see oncoming.