Anyone on these forums use lights all the time? Day or night.

[Shut Up Legs]

No. Why look like a Volvo twat?

It's a pity there's no "Dislike" button.

 

[slowmotion]

It's a pity there's no "Dislike" button.

Sorry. My post was a result of the recent "Bicycle Bellend" cartoon in the April copy of Viz combined with a few drinks in the company of fellow CC parishioners this evening. Displaying daylight running lights down Oxford Street on the way to the little celebration really would have made no difference to the exciting slalom between buses, taxis, and kamikaze kerb-leaping shoppers.

 

[Accy cyclist]

On the subject of lights i took my front light with me down the pub on Wednesday, as the lighting on the walk down is poor. I left it on the bar without thinking then went back for it 5 minutes later and someone had nicked it.

 

[Custom24]

Lights on for me.

 

[sackville d]

Lights on flashing. Anything to get their attention

 

[MontyVeda]

only if it's raining... otherwise I'm conserving battery life

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I always have lights on my bikes, I don't necessarily have them turned on as daytime running lights. depends on my assessment of the conditions I'm in and whether i feel after with a light on or not.

even my full dynamo, auto sensor option lights are set to manual on/off

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Lights on flashing. Anything to get their attention

ride naked with your naughty bits painted day-glo orange and wearing a peacock feather hat?

or dressed as a Roman Centurion.

that'd grab their attention

 

[subaqua]

My winter commuter has a dynamo and the lights look after themselves. This seems to involve being on full time.

thats the default position on my commuter. i am not posh or rich enough to have a winter commuter and a summer commuter.

 

[mickle]

No. Why look like a Volvo twat?

Oi!

 

[mickle]

I often run my front light on flash mode during the day. Since almost all of my pathetically short 1.5 mile commute is filtering down a kerbside cycle farsility I feel it helps to alert the mobile phone users and left turning non indicators and other incompetents to my existence. But I can't know for sure.

 

[Mrs M]

Often put lights on during the daytime if it's raining or a bit dull.

 

[Mugshot]

ride naked with your naughty bits painted day-glo orange and wearing a peacock feather hat?

or dressed as a Roman Centurion.

that'd grab their attention

Now I'm assuming that this is posted with your tongue firmly in your cheek, but, think about it for a minute how far are you going to go? How far are you going to let yourself be forced to go by drivers that not only seem to no longer bear any responsibility for having to look properly when it's dark but it would appear in some peoples minds have a decreasing amount of responsibility to look properly in broad daylight. So, how long before you do start wearing your peacock feathers?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Now I'm assuming that this is posted with your tongue firmly in your cheek, but, think about it for a minute how far are you going to go? How far are you going to let yourself be forced to go by drivers that not only seem to no longer bear any responsibility for having to look properly when it's dark but it would appear in some peoples minds have a decreasing amount of responsibility to look properly in broad daylight. So, how long before you do start wearing your peacock feathers?

ah come on, how could it not be tongue in cheek.


if I'm bollock naked bar a bit of orange paint on me goolies and a peacock feather hat, I think I've gone too far before setting foot outside of the front door

 

[Crackle]

Often put lights on during the daytime if it's raining or a bit dull.

I do that, plus low sun from behind me. I have lights permanently on my road bike but it's rare I use them. After a period of empirical experimentation I found it made no difference to people pulling out on me. If they don't see you, they don't see you. They do though, certainly hear me when they do it.