Update – did my first night ride with the 5-mode Ultrafire torch and bar mount last night.
Main thing – bright as hell. The people on here who know better are probably right about its lumens claims being a bit far-fetched, but it was certainly bright enough for me to hit a few of my local trails at close to normal speed, and I had no problem seeing anything.
The beam, angled right, projected about 25ft in front and spread easily wide enough for the South Downs bridleways at (my) speed, and wooded singletrack was even brighter.
I’d happily ride with that alone, locally, for a few hours (spare charged battery was in my backpack) with no trouble at all.
Sorry NevillNevil, but the barmount you recommended isn’t great – it took a lot of fiddling about to find a way to mount it that didn’t slip, and it doesn’t really fit the torch properly – I had to shim it with a spare velcro tie and I’m not convinced it won’t fly off at some point.
If you’re interested, I’ll repeat the links –
Torch is here:
torch
Charger with 2 batteries (and shite adapter) is here:
charger
But I’m going to scout about for a better mount. Anyone got any ideas?