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A night ride in tonight’s pea soup fog was an interesting and challenging time to try out my new bike headlight. With two 700 lumen elements, one wide and one spot, and default settings of high power for one, the other, or both, the light was almost a bit too bright. I would like to have the headlight run a bit dimmer for the foggy conditions, but I’m quite confidant that the light will do what I want of it.
While the fog was often dense enough to obscure single track 30′ away and the humidity caused ones glasses to fog up at every stop, it was really pleasant to be out in it. I’ve been wanting to do a ride in fog for years and it did not disappoint. The entire ride was like swimming in a cool, damp blanket and every stop (once everyone in the group had turned off their lights) found us in a quieter than normal darkness without the normally visible distant lights. It was almost like riding in a snow storm but darker due to the lack of bright snow and without the cold. It was wonderful.
(The photo above shows the new headlight in spotlight-only mode with only one 700 lumen element running shining at a tree near my condo on a long exposure.)