Getting back to night riding season, and I saw some off-topic discussion in the “Pics of your latest ride” thread, so thought I’d revive this discussion.
I’ve had recent success mounting two Schwinn LED headlamps on uni handlebars. Less than $15 each at Walmart, and amazingly bright for the price. Robot or human?
On my KH T-bar (or should be the same on the Shadow bar) the lights mount side by side. On the Coker Pi Bar, I had to mount an extra little horizontal bar in the middle of the Pi Bar frame (PVC cut to size and shape, with holes drilled then attached with nylon cable ties), then put the lights on one in front of the other. For both setups, I adjust the angle so one light shines ahead a little further than the other.
I used this setup with my son on a recent rail-trail ride that went through lots of tunnels. We also used LED headlamps mounted on our helmets for the longest tunnel, but didn’t bother with the helmet-headlamps most of the day because the cheap Schwinn lights were perfectly adequate. See video of the lights in use: Hiawatha rail trail with my son
Note, though, that I could see more than what came through on the camera (which is not by any means a night camera).
These lights are fine for road riding with just one light, and for easy trails with two lights. If you’re looking for true night muni riding, these probably would not be adequate.
Edit: Writing this up got me thinking that if I can somehow manage to mount all four of the lights on my KH T-Bar, it probably would be adequate for at least moderate night muni. I’ll have to work on that - heck, I own the four lights already!