Best Bike Lights 2024 | Rated & Reviewed

Illuminating your ride when it gets dark is really important. Being able to see where you’re going after sunset will enable you to ride safely and with the right front light, you might even be able to ride faster.

Our expert testers have been running the rule over some of the latest front bike lights for road bikes, and these are the best models we’ve tested so far in 2023.

Which front light do you swear by for cycling at night? Let us know!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:39 Lezyne Macro Drive 1400+
02:25 Magicshine Ray 2600B
04:29 Exposure Toro MK14
06:51 Oxford Ultratorch CL1600
08:51 Ravemen LR 1600
10:36 NiteRider Lumina Max 1500
12:09 Conclusion

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[bikeradar]

What's your favourite bike light? 👇

[augustlandmesser]

For really dark roads or tracks with possible obstacles I would recommend one long-range light which forego cyclist's trajectory that is fixed on the frame (like car-lights), paired with the second shorter-ranged on the steerer that illuminates near surface closer to wheel. Because sometimes when you have to make sudden sharp turn you may lost visual awareness on what comes next and therefore have shorter time left for reaction when straighten the steerer again, also play of the shadows can be deceptive on rough terrain with single source of light that constantly moves.
I'm actually often use pair of fixed long-ranged with pair of mobile short-ranged lights on my long night commutes thru various environments, of course taking care not to blind other incoming driver, rider or pedestrian.

[wsbygt]

Lezyne with USB-C finally! They should revamp their rubber straps for aero frames as they break from the constant stress in the winder seatpost and handlebars.

[stevepaltzer]

The brighter the light, the longer it will last at lower settings and the less you need to charge it. If you do a lot of riding at night, I would recommend a back-up light just incase your main light brakes or runs out of power. You can also use the back-up light in flash mode to make you stand out more.

[miiiikku]

Best light, one in which you can replace battery, even if it takes some soldering. Most lights are dead in two years. On winter I just ride to commute.

[oceanknight]

I was just doing research for a new bike light to replace/supliment my lezyne macrodrive 400xl. I ended up going with the Fenix BC26R. I liked its replaceable battery and price to lumen ratio, as well as its battery life. I would love a dynamo light, but in the meantime, I can get a backup battery for longer rides. I was interested in STVZO lights but couldn't find one that I liked enough

[kidShibuya]

3:10 yeah I try to make other cyclists and pedestrians blind too. Makes me feel like a big man. Seriously the lights you push are my nightmare. So many people have lights that you recommend and they are very dangerous. I cannot see anything when they are approaching. All bike lights need a cutoff stvzo beam, if you don't then you are simply dangerous. And for the "point them down" crowd, just look at the pics in this video. Even the branches at the top of the tree is getting hit by the beam which is pointed down. It's also why these lights need so much power, they wasting most of their light hitting everything that isn't the road.

[flooooooo]

Not a single light with a cut off beam pattern? That should be a must for all lights we cyclist use when riding on the road!

[PhillioDoede]

Really would have liked to know which if any of these have user replaceable batteries. I have a pair of Exposure Diablos and its pretty frustrating that Exposure makes it as far as I can tell impossible to replace the battery.

[logtothebase]

Lights have improved so much since I regularly communed back in the 90's with NiCd and filament bulbs. illumination and beam pattern are not an issue by comparison, what is more of problem, or one that has never gone away are brackets, particularly if you want to populate your bars with storage, a phone mount and maybe a computer or e-bike controller. In any case most brackets break, go floppy or ar lost between winters. It would be nice to have standardisation or mandated fittings for bikes expected to be on the road. An M5 boss on the stem and on the head tube or forks, purists will hate it but good design will mitigate aesthetic objections

[CarlosRojasBaritono]

The NR Dual 1800 es best light of the Brand. Because rarely you’re going to need more power than the low and medium range. And long lasting on that power output even on darkest roads.

[Campagnolo]

Lupine with StVZO to avoid running "high-beam" towards other traffic

[bldanjil]

I have an old Niterider light I use for road, but since owning it I am trying to aim for something that adjusts brightness like the See.Sense Beam or one that has a cutoff beam like Outbound Lighting Detour.

[TheAndyMaan]

I cant believe there still isnt one option in this list which uses a cutoff beam, such as the Magicshine Evo 1700.

These lights seem more suited off road than on as they will dazzle drivers.

Would you consider doing a group test/review of beam cutoff lights for commuting/road riding?

Theres a few options around now, as i mentioned the Magicshine Evo 1700, Trek Commuter Pro/Comp, Outbound Detour, Gemini Atlas andvim sure theres many more.

[chuchuchip]

I have the NiteRider lights, mostly because there are a variety of aftermarket (metal) mounts available. You mounting can be adapted &/or customised for your bike. I have 3 different mountings on 3 different bikes, one on the stem, one mount on the fork & one below the stem. They are mounted using a variation of GoPro camera mounts.

[matts]

Highly recommend the RAVEMEN FR160 for anyone who wants an aero and sleek powerful bike-light. It is absolutely the best thing I have found for my bike. It connects directly to your Garmin mount and your Garmin computer goes on top. It is very cool and useful!

[jeffreyastjohn]

I’m not buying anything that’s not USB-C any more. Now that you can kind of see a life with only one charge cable I’m not going back

[balexandre]

Would be nice to know if they can be mounted vertically on the fork (when no place on the bar is available)

[scottduncanphotography]

What was that rear light at the end of the Lezyne 1400?

[vegheadrew]

Hey man, the first Lezyne Light. Does it support Passthrough power? As in can I leave it plugged in to an external battery for a 10 hour ride?