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Keeping your bicycle roadworthy
- Your brakes, tyres, chain, lights, reflector and bell must all be in good
working order.
- Your bicycle should be the right size to allow you to touch the ground
with both feet.
- When carrying goods, you should use a proper carrier or basket and take
care that nothing is hanging loose.
- At night you must carry a lamp showing a white or yellow light to the
front and a lamp showing a red light to the back. These are the minimum
lighting requirements laid down by law. However, to be even more visible
to motorists at night, you should:
- add strips of reflective material to the bike (white to the front and red
to the back),
- wear a reflective armband, and
- wear a "Sam Browne" reflective belt or reflective vest.
