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I have a bright battery powered front light and I'm looking for a flashing "be seen" front light that's connected to a dynamo so it's always on whenever I ride. Standlight would be ideal, but isn't necessary. I would be connecting it to a bottle dynamo.

I know about all the Reelight options so don't need suggestions of those. I'm also not interested in DIY solutions.

I understand why most dynamo front lights are solid, but am hoping someone knows of a flashing one I just haven't managed to find yet.

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    Reason: flashing lights make it harder to judge distance (to the bicycle from the perspective of the car) as well as causing epileptic seizure in a portion of the population. – RoboKaren Aug 07 '17 at 00:17
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    You could get a USB hub dynamo, and run a USB powered light. – mattnz Aug 07 '17 at 00:53
  • @mattnz All the USB bike lights I know of switch off when charging. Maybe its another regional difference? – Criggie Aug 07 '17 at 01:49
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    Please, don't do flashing front. – whatsisname Aug 07 '17 at 18:39
  • I'm slightly surprised that https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/18578/are-there-dynamo-powered-rear-flashing-lights doesn't show up as "related". I guess it's because it's closed (for a poor reason, in my opinion; a factual answer is clearly possible, though it would be inherently product specific). – armb Aug 08 '17 at 12:47
  • @armb I did find that one when searching if someone had already asked about front lights. At least everyone has kept opinions to the comments here instead of posting them as answers. – Yogh Aug 08 '17 at 21:39
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    Experiment shows that a B&M Ixon Core will stay switched on while charging. But it doesn't have a flashing mode, so.... Further experiment shows that an Aldi Bikemate light which does have a flashing mode will also stay on while charging. But that's not widely available. The Lezyne that it looks like a clone of might be the same. https://www.aldi.co.uk/bikemate-front-%26-rear-led-bike-light/p/079057169938700

    (I still agree with the people saying "don't do it" though.)

     – armb Nov 14 '17 at 17:38
  • @armb Thanks for putting in the time to do that research. – Yogh Nov 19 '17 at 22:18

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Planet Bike Blaze Dynamo has it.

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    Flashing fronts are such a bad idea. Don't encourage it. ;) – RoboKaren Aug 08 '17 at 16:41
  • RoboKaren @whatsisname The Blaze Dynamo has a pulse mode that fades between 55 and 150 lumens that they refer to as "courtesy flash". Do you have thoughts on pulse modes for front lights compared to flash modes? – Yogh Aug 08 '17 at 21:43
  • @RoboKaren Why are flashing fronts "such a bad idea"? I see a previous comment mentioning seizures and poor distance judgement. Is there evidence to support either of these two claims? – hmqcnoesy Aug 20 '18 at 15:56
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    @hmqcnoesy the answer to this question responds partly to your question: https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/2294/safety-data-which-is-safer-head-tail-lights-which-blink-or-emit-a-steady-beam – RoboKaren Aug 20 '18 at 15:59