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Which is better for night riding: Helmet or bar mount, or both?

Which is better for mountain biking at night: a bar-mounted light, a helmet-mounted light, or both? We test to see which configuration is the fastest.

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How Many Lumens Do I Need for Mountain Biking at Night?

How bright does your light need to be to mountain bike at night? We ran an experiment to find out how lumens affect riding speed.

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Mountain Bike Light Review: The Light & Motion Imjin 800

The Light & Motion Imjin 800 is compact and bright, with a claimed battery life of 2 hours on high. However, the battery life indicator is not visible when mounted to a bike helmet.

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The 9 Best Bike Lights for Night Riding

I hate to break this to our USA readers, but Daylight Savings Time is coming to an end. Fortunately, several companies are aware of this and they have spent literally decades perfecting the design of lights that make riding mountain bikes at night not only possible, but nearly as enjoyable as riding during the day. Ok, …

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2016 Trail Check-in Contest Winners

The Singletracks trail check-in contest wrapped up yesterday and we were blown away by just how many trails you were able to ride! The winner, stumpyfsr, checked in at 55 unique trails during the month of July which has to be some kind of record. To put that in perspective, that’s about 2 unique trails each …

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