Bike lights in the dark

[jack]

The internet says that they made low beam bike lights sometimes (maybe from germany). Any experience having a bike light which is bright enough to cycle on completely unlit roads/paths without having to slow down a lot, without dazzling oncomers? Is any decent bike light likely to do it or do I need to look for something specific?

I've slowly expanded my comfort zone cycling, but it would open more options if I could reliably cycle on dark ways. I used to have a decent light but it was a bit of a trade-off between "being able to see far enough" and "not dazzling people", and now I have a cheap light that's suffices for urban cycling but doesn't light things up much.

I might have asked this before, I can't remember.

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[mair_in_grenderich]

i used to have a lovely hub dynamo light which i bought, indeed, from Germany, long before i ever learnt German or came here, and it was a revelation when i switched to it from my normal "quite good" light. it was approximately this https://supernova-lights.com/en/products/dynamo-lights/e3-pro-2/ but in 2008, and I am sad that i can no longer use it since i don't have my hub dynamo any more.

i am not sure that this is helpful information, particularly since I don't know really about dazzling oncomers, nobody ever squeaked at me or anything, and it was definitely well worth the money for cycling outside lit areas. at the time i bought it i was in southampton and cycling regularly to bellringing in a village several miles away on an unlit tree-lined country road and it was so much better. also an immediate huge improvement on the rate of oncoming traffic dipping for me.

i found the recommendation from people looking for good lights for audaxes, so i guess you could look to see what audaxers recommend in 2022?

[jack]

Oh, cool. Thanks