I agree David that good lights are pretty important in the dark. But I’m getting pretty sick of the high-powered lights I regularly find glaring in my face as they approach from a distance. Helmet-mounted lights? Save them for the mountain-bike tracks (or at least switch to low-power). Handlebar-mounted lights? Point them DOWN! Horizontal is no good.

I even had a scare where I could have hit a young man on a bike who was in dark clothes, with no reflectors and no lights. I only just saw him as I was turning into a road.

Seriously, I’m happy every time I see someone with a high powered led light! Someone should really get the message out that riding with underpowered or no lights at night is a death wish. Please let other cyclists know if their lights are cr@p or tell them to get lights if they have none, you could save them from serious harm. Cheers and ride safe!