Whats the front light for ... in urban London?

I cant fit the last years front light on the latest bars at the mo and I'm looking at a new one but what exactly would be the necessity (apart from the legality) ?

so you can be seen.

duh

So drivers, riders, and pedestrians have more chance of noticing you?

Maybe that's just crazy talk...

*huddah fniggle popopo
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now that's crazy talk

Not being killed? You want to be seen by oncoming cars turning right across your path, pedestrians, clowns the lot. They all want to kill you and not seeing you is the excuse they need.

But if your point is that the light won't help you see the road any better than yeah, forget it.

most crashes happen from the front, so guy opening his car door (or whatever) might spot the lightenger, but not the stealthenger

I cant fit the last years front light on the latest bars at the mo and I'm looking at a new one but what exactly would be the necessity (apart from the legality) ?

Jimjams, Is this you, you tease?

Idiotic.
Do you work in the financial sector?
Would you like to buy these magic beans?

Idiotic.
Do you work in the financial sector?
Would you like to buy these magic beans?

I don't work in the financial sector but these magic beans you talk of intrigue me. Tell me more.

Jimjams, Is this you, you tease?

it ain't and in fact I just got my new winter batteries for my front light.

Do it! Dying ain't hip!! (it often is but at the moment it isn't else Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse would have done it by now.)

I don't work in the financial sector but these magic beans you talk of intrigue me. Tell me more.

Well, you don't have to have a cow..
;-)

I cant fit the last years front light on the latest bars at the mo and I'm looking at a new one but what exactly would be the necessity (apart from the legality) ?

Like you had a bike last year Rupert...

So drivers don't pull out on you.

First you need to work out where to put your hands on the handlebars. Then, and only then mind, will you know where to fix the light.

Following this revelation then throw away your light, handlebars and current bike. This way you'll be a lot safer, and so will all the other road users.

Put it on the headtube. Or on a fork leg.

NO Fuckin Lights MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

Hmmmmm....so you look good in the dark....;)

riding with no lights makes you feel more in touch with the road. it enhances your awareness and heightens the riding experience, as you have to look and preempt the actions of those around you.

Yeah but when someone pulls out on you from a very unused alley or something, you're fucked.

I ride blindfolded in the winter - it adds a frisson of excitement to my otherwise dreary existence.

Yeah but when someone pulls out on you from a very unused alley or something, you're fucked.

Get with the skit mate...

when you put a flashing red light on the front and a white at the back the fun can really begin - team with high speed for best effect!

Get with the skit mate...

thanks platypusenger.

when you put a flashing red light on the front and a white at the back the fun can really begin - team with high speed for best effect!

...and then do backwards circles in the middle of the road. no-handed.