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 as 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.