Cycle clothing visibility
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Cycle clothing visibility
Postby NotFlyingScot » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:47 pm
Please for the sake of ones own self preservation dress in high visibility clothing if you are going to ride country roads with next to no hard shoulder.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby clackers » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:58 pm
Audax won't even let you start a country ride if it's going to get dark and you don't have hi-vis garment and rear light plus backup.
Those things are just as useful on overcast or rainy days or under the shade of trees.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby AK900 » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:44 am
Better to look like a radioactive banana masquerading as a Christmas than to be hit by a car.The 2nd Womble wrote:Yup, you don't need to look like a radioactive banana, but use some brains.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby Summernight » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:06 pm
You may be surprised by the many stories told by cyclists who look like radioactive bananas at Christmas who still have motorists saying to them "Sorry, but I just didn't see you."AK900 wrote:Better to look like a radioactive banana masquerading as a Christmas than to be hit by a car.The 2nd Womble wrote:Yup, you don't need to look like a radioactive banana, but use some brains.
Obviously if it makes you feel more visible then that is good, but don't assume just because you've got radioactive bananas on that cars won't pull out unexpectedly in front of you or fail to give way.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby clackers » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:24 pm
It'll never be 100, which is not a reason not to wear the clothing, and it'll never be zero, despite what that Victorian cop who wants all cyclists to wear hi-vis says.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby g-boaf » Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:45 pm
I do wear white sometimes. White is probably more visible than hi-viz!
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby Summernight » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:06 pm
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby ray » Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:31 pm
Or you can dress as one of the wiggles they even have a black coloured jersey but no purple
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby clackers » Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:46 pm
Actually, no.g-boaf wrote:
I do wear white sometimes. White is probably more visible than hi-viz!
The theory is that white reflects the available light, but the hi-vis stuff borrows some from the invisible spectrum and re-emits it in the visible.
So as it gets darker, white becomes gray while the fluoro stuff glows like Warnie's teeth.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby greatapoc » Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:33 pm
I usually wear red. With no scientific facts to back me up, I've formed the opinion that if everyone is wearing hi-vis, we're not really highly visible. Especially in Australia where every second person is a contractor wearing hi-vis I find it all just starts to blend together and you don't really take notice.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby schroeds » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:28 pm
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby g-boaf » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:08 pm
Totally missed the point...clackers wrote:Actually, no.g-boaf wrote:
I do wear white sometimes. White is probably more visible than hi-viz!
The theory is that white reflects the available light, but the hi-vis stuff borrows some from the invisible spectrum and re-emits it in the visible.
So as it gets darker, white becomes gray while the fluoro stuff glows like Warnie's teeth.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby InTheWoods » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:37 pm
You can get good quality 3m reflective sticker strips very cheap on eBay including red ones for the rear. Just cut to the size and shape you want. Red ones wrapped around bottom of seat stays work really well from multiple rear angles. There are black ones too but they are not as effective.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby am50em » Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:41 pm
Altura Night Vision.Xplora wrote:Are there any jerseys that have large reflective blocks on the back? Nothing works in low light like that reflective piping - I like my black duds but would really like a big block on the back.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby cp123 » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:54 pm
i want the coral snake!
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby Marx » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:09 pm
Hi Viz can be a too high a price to pay to prevent, road users not meeting their obligations to motoring, from running you down.
Pity the poor local wildlife who don’t get to shop on-line for LED flashies.
Posted speed limits for motorists are only for when prevailing conditions make it safe.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby AUbicycles » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:04 pm
Not long ago some people on the forum were buying rolls and then chopping it up. You just need to find the right stuff that will fit to your jersey and is washable... and the coolest, you can then cut it in any shop you want including little ponies.
On the BNA jerseys I tend to wear the blue event though the black looks cooler. Both have the reflective piping and I have lights on during the day - but it is that bit extra when out on public roads. Not quite as cool as the all in black no light dawn riders, but also not as invisible.
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Re: Cycle clothing visibility
Postby The 2nd Womble » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:17 pm
Apparently the bikepure logos are being removed and replaced with the new sky blue bikepure bands as well, one each on an arm and leg cuff. Apparently...
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