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@bean
What? Get off the road.
Totally nuts to endanger yourself and others for the sake of carrying a few spare AA.
Any idea how invisible a bike without lights is in the dark? Cars and peds can't see you. Not everyone has perfect eyesight. Oncoming traffic makes it harder to see dark bikes. I've driven up behind riders and not spotted them until less than 10 metres - you really want that risk? And coming out of a side road? or being undertaken? I will not see you.
No lights, and any accident will automatically and always be the rider's fault. Hit a ped and it might end up as assault with weapon.
The idiots with only helmet mounted lights are just as bad (illegal btw), when they are looking around, might as well have no lights.
And remember to tip your super-bright lights about 5 degree below the horizontal, or they are just dazzling everyone and that is bad for the rider too.