You may live in rural areas or take a particularly dark route on your way home. In these cases where there is no urban street light available, you’ll not only need to be seen but also will need to see the path in front.

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As well as rear light, you will require a decent front light with a higher lumen quantity to provide you with enough visibility.

Here are a selection of lights (that vary in price) with high enough lumen quantity to light up your path.

Cateye Volt 400 RC Front Light – £53.99

This is USB rechargeable and provides 400 lumens of constant light for 3hrs. That will be just enough to see the road, but you’ll want to be slowing down a little to give you enough time to prepare for obstacles you can’t see far in advance.

Lezyne Macro Drive 600XL Front Light Y9 – £59.99

Though the 400 lumen option above will provide enough light to see, the more lumens you have, the brighter the road ahead will be and the more confident you’ll feel.

The Lezyne Macro provides 600 lumens, in a sturdy and lightweight aluminium body. The design provides 180 degrees of visibility – making you stand out more to drivers at junctions.  An Intelligent Power Indicator button allows you to check the power level at any time and a super economical mode will kick in when the battery gets low. The light is USB rechargeable and comes with a tool-less instillation mount.

Exposure Diablo Mk7 Front Light – £176.96

A higher end option with a massive 1300 lumens and if you tap the light it changes the mode.

Cateye Volt 300 / Rapid X Usb Rc Front And Rear Lightset – £59.99

A good option if you need both front and rear lights with a 300 lumens.

Blaze Laserlight

This little critter is unique – in that it displays the image of a bike on the road, to help reduce ‘sorry mate, didn’t see you’ collisions.

At £125, it’s a fully waterproof unit that provides 300 lumens on high power, which is just enough to see where you’re going, but won’t allow fast, confident night blasting.

We reviewed one here. 

Exposure Diablo Mk7 Front Light – £176.96

Exposure are the brand leader in bike lights, and they’re well known for making quality beams that are loved by riders. At 1,300 lumens, the Diablo is a beefy light that will allow you to really rev it up and ride hard, even in the dark.