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I got two of the Aluminium lights - one front and one back.
They seem pretty good quality, and are very bright; I used the saddle mount from the rear one to mount the front one under the basket on the front of the bike. The rear one has gone on the seat post. They will see plenty of use soon!

I've left a pump on the bike for years. Much neater there than in a bag. Bike has been parked all over the place and the pump has never been stolen.

It just so happens that when I'm riding, I look for things - usually alphabetically. The other day, I was stuck on Z. I started to look for a zebra crossing, and I went for more than 40miles looking, and never saw one, despite cycling through a few towns and many villages. I finished my ride bereft...

I much prefer someone approaching from behind to ring their bell than shout 'on your right' or whatever.
A bell means 'bike' and I then expect a bike to pass.
A shout is just a shout - by the time I've registered what has been said I've usually got a shock from a bike whizzing past.

I use an old pair of Dachstein wool mitts with waterproof covers bought many years ago for winter walking in Scotland.
Hands stay toasty warm in those.

I have two pingers (one on each handlebar). They give different tones, so pinging left then right gives a nice 'ding-dong'

One has to ask. Why? What advantage does this offer? Or does it fall into the 'because i can be done' category?

I have two pingers - one on each handlebar, so one is always in reach. They also have different tones, so if I'm not doing something complicated, I can make a nice ding-dong by pinging left then right. When I'm walking I much prefer a bell to a shout; a bell is immediately identifiable as a cyclist....

Charge up batteries? Surely easier to use lights with disposable batteries and just have a couple of spare batteries with you? I have two lights front & back - all disposable battery powered. Very unlikely that both would go down at the same time, but if they do I have a couple of spare batteri...

Charge up batteries? Surely easier to use lights with disposable batteries and just have a couple of spare batteries with you? I have two lights front & back - all disposable battery powered. Very unlikely that both would go down at the same time, but if they do I have a couple of spare batterie...

I still use 3 in 1 on my chain (and indeed on other moving stuff on the bike); it works fine. Does that make me a bad person?

Unfortunately noise can be fun, sorry. I'm all growed up now and have become quite sensible but sometimes I retrace old routes where I used to come screaming through with a carbon fibre exhaust on, bouncing off the rev limiter and the rear wheel skipping on the downshifts and I wonder how I survive...

How much energy will the wheel usefully be able to recover under the (I assume) electromagnetic braking? I'll wager not very much! The principal energy loss on a cycle is wind resistance, which is why we have to pedal constantly to maintain velocity on the flat. Even coming downhill, most of my ene...

No colour is very visible in the dark - you want reflective patches on the jacket for that.
Orange or red and very visible in day time.

Isn't it just how you get on or off the bike?
You put a foot on one pedal, scoot along a bit with the free foot, then mount up properly.
Or when stopping, you swing one leg over (or through if you have step-through frame) and roll along until ready to dismount completely.