Can anybody enlighten me here? What\’s going on with my headlight?

When I was out on the road bike this morning, it kept looking like my headlight was going dim. I\’ve had it go very dim on me before; and that\’s annoying, because I have to slow my speed to a crawl. I don\’t want to run into anybody; and I see people out there all the time who are \”un-lit\”. They\’re hard enough to see with 500 lumens going full blast. If I need someone to enlighten me, they need some enlightening, too.

So was the light running out of charge; or was it jiggling around a bit and creating the impression of dimness? I wasn\’t sure; but I decided that it would be wise to cut the ride a little short. I didn\’t want to risk having my headlight go too faint for me to see.

Before that happened, I finally did a few \”force\” intervals. I\’ve been hesitant to do any this week because I\’ve felt very tired for some reason. It was difficult to keep the intensity for a full minute; and, as usual, the first effort went the best. Peak speed, 20.81 mph. I\’m pleased with that, but it\’s not a record. Several  months ago I hit 21.71 mph!

Getting back to the headlight, recently one of its rechargeable batteries stopped holding charge. I ordered two new ones from the manufacturer. I\’d better break them out of their packaging and start using them, before I get left in the dark.