On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:38:55 -0700 (PDT), larkim
wrote:

On Friday, 8 August 2014 19:04:30 UTC+1, Tim Streater wrote:

Are bicycles supposed to have lights and bells too?
Bikes must be sold with lights and a bell. What the purchaser chooses to do after that is unregulated, though riding at night on the road without lights is an offence (ISTR)


Yes - but when you buy a new bike with lights and a bell fitted, you need to
remove that extra weight as soon as possible as you could probably gain that
all important 0.15 mph when going flat out.