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si_mon628
Whilst I concur that massive bright / flashy bike lights are fucking annoying…
Pretty sure the reason people feel compelled to deploy them are because they are terrified of being run down by some unobservant cunt driver, and they’ve bought into the prevailing narrative that the best defence for a cyclist is to make themselves as visible as possible.