2024 Best Mountain Bike Lights

Mountain Biking is pretty exciting, and it’s even more exciting at night - during the winter months however, it may not even be that you need to head out at night time to ride in the dark, with darkness setting in from as early as 5pm, it’s all too easy to have your mountain bike parked up all winter. Mountain Bike Lights allow you to head out, regardless of light conditions.

If you have the appetite for riding in the dark, then you will be rewarded - night mountain biking makes everything feel faster, more exciting and more challenging, which is really great for those riders who know their local trails and routes like the back of their hand, mountain biking brings in unpredictability and a real adrenalin boost.

Whilst rear lights are arguably the most important types of bike lights for commuters, allowing traffic to see exactly where they are, the most important light when it comes to mountain biking is the front light, as this is the light that illuminates the trail infront of you.

This level of lighting allows you to see the trail infront of you, alongside any obstacles that you need to be aware of - the bigger and better the light, especially when it comes to Lumen output - means the better and more exciting your ride will become.

Below, we run through some of the very best mountain bike lights available on the market, with all of these lights available on our website to purchase. This article is slightly biased, as the below lights only cover front lights because although rear bike lights are important, it’s front bike lights which provide all of the performance and enjoyment from mountain biking in dark conditions.

Moon Sport Rigel Power Front LED Light (3600lm)

The Rigel Power from Moon, is one of the top of the range front mountain bike lights. It does everything you expect it to, and does all of it really well. There’s six advanced LED lights in total providing a fantastic spread of light, to allow you to see both down the train and what’s immediately infront of and around you.

It’s packed full of features, including a day flash mode, a boost mode, and intelligent parking function and it’s also IPX7 water resistant. The beam spreads over 300 metres and there’s multiple easy to read indications on the top of the light, allowing you to quickly gauge your mode and power levels whilst riding.

Lezyne Mega Drive 2400+ Front LED Light

The Mega Drive 2400+ as the name suggests, is an incredibly powerful front bike light from Lezyne. The full 2400 lumens are available for two hours, providing plenty of time to smash the local trails. This light is more than just a spotlight however, there’s different modes including a daytime flashing mode which provides 450 hours of run time, so it’s as good on the roads as it is on the trails. The CNC machined light is robust enough to handle everything you can throw at it, and there’s five LED’s designed in a pattern to reach both near and far.

Moon Sport Meteor Front LED Light

The Moon Sport Meteor is one of the smaller front LED lights that we supply. This light is incredibly robust - and it is packed with different features and modes - making it perfect for everything from the daily commute, across to tackling off road terrain. Depending on modes, this bike light can run for 80 hours, impressive considering it weighs just 66grams.

Exposure MaXx-d Mk16

If you are looking to light up the trail ahead, alongside the immediate area around your mountain bike, the MaXx D is the light for you. This light pushes out 4800 lumens from 4 LEDs. To handle the lumen output, a new spread pattern of light has been introduced - ensuring that all area benefit from this maximum light output. There’s different modes which run this light from 2 hours use to 36 hours use, so whether it’s a trip away for on the bike for a few days, or a quick blast around your local trails on a night - this light can handle it all.