Hi all,
Got a thought here. We all know that it's possible in some cases to take a flashlight and replace the emitter with a newer, better, brighter one without horking up the beam pattern too badly in some certain specific cases.
Are there any good bicycle headlights suitable for riding in traffic (either StVZO or not, but with a good horizontal cutoff and preferably a nice wide beam pattern) that uses a LED that is replaceable with something newer and brighter?
My reason for asking is that it seems that on the market today we have the choice between StVZO lights and symmetrical beam lights, but no good high power on-road lights. Now I'm currently using a Shimano hub dyno with an IQ Cyo and it works... and yet I can't help but wonder if I wouldn't like it better if the beam pattern were wider. But of course if B&M had made it wider, it'd be dimmer... unless you used a brighter emitter.
The new Saferide and Luxos U lights look interesting, but I'm wondering if we couldn't even step beyond those... does anyone know what emitters are used in either of those lights, and if there are even higher output versions of those emitters available?
Got a thought here. We all know that it's possible in some cases to take a flashlight and replace the emitter with a newer, better, brighter one without horking up the beam pattern too badly in some certain specific cases.
Are there any good bicycle headlights suitable for riding in traffic (either StVZO or not, but with a good horizontal cutoff and preferably a nice wide beam pattern) that uses a LED that is replaceable with something newer and brighter?
My reason for asking is that it seems that on the market today we have the choice between StVZO lights and symmetrical beam lights, but no good high power on-road lights. Now I'm currently using a Shimano hub dyno with an IQ Cyo and it works... and yet I can't help but wonder if I wouldn't like it better if the beam pattern were wider. But of course if B&M had made it wider, it'd be dimmer... unless you used a brighter emitter.
The new Saferide and Luxos U lights look interesting, but I'm wondering if we couldn't even step beyond those... does anyone know what emitters are used in either of those lights, and if there are even higher output versions of those emitters available?