Cyclists without lights

I often come across a pack of Lycra clad cyclists, all with intense, US military grade LED lights on permanent high beam. Worse still, the favoured mode seems to be a rapid flashing! I don't think they realise that dazzling the f**k out of car drivers is more likely to get themselves squashed.

Big cycling interests around here on our narrow lanes, but they are very aggressive to every other road user.....

i had one once try to grab the rear door so he could be pulled long, sudden increase in speed changed is mind.

We get a lot of foreign students from the local University riding without lights round here , sometimes on the wrong side of the road , in a group with their shopping hanging from their handlebars ! The Uni issues new students with reflective vests but the students then seem to think this is an alternative to lights ....

One student to my knowledge was killed while out running after dark with no vest/lights etc on but remarkably the locals have avoided the cyclists so far although often mentioned as a hazard .

I find it objectionable to mention deliberatley running someone down as amusing and as bikers we are always vulnerable ourselves .

Speaking as a cyclist commuting c. 200km per week, they annoy the f*** out of me as well

I have two headlights; a dipped beam pointing at the road in front of my bike so as not to dazzle, and a high beam which I only use on the off-road / unlit sections of my commute and always dip when there's on-coming traffic, and two led's to the rear along with high-viz jacket & gloves. Being visible doesn't have to be anti-social. I also have a mirror and a bell and use both daily, and I get out of the way when I'm holding up large traffic (HGV, buses that sort of thing). Just like motorcyclists being perceived to all ride like dicks, we're not all bad but as usual it's the minority (quite possibly the majority with cyclists actually) spoiling it for the rest.

In answer to your original question, decent lights to be seen by are cheap. These are excellent:

www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Lunar-R1-Rear-Light/dp/B005GPLYHW

(I have two) And are £10 if you shop around. Tesco sell bright (but short-lived) USB rechargeable lights for £8; I bought one as a backup helmet light yesterday.

My lights to see by are at the other end of the spectrum though; I bought mine for about the same as my CB450dx cost me lol

I also get annoyed by the city boys that come up to Warwickshire of a weekend and ride two abreast nattering away without regard for other traffic.

Often lycra clad also wearing goggles.

Ps I wear goggles too Fungobat