It's amazing what making yourself noticed achieves.
After much hinting in the lead up to Christmas I have a result!
I received a Foska Bones training jacket. On Wednesday I wore it for the first time on a dark commute. I know this is only anecdotal and therefore open to error, but in general, cars seemed to slow down prior to passing and gave me more room.
I also received 3 Hokey Spokes. These I fitted last night. Today on the commute the effect was more dramatic.
-- Don Whybrow
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It's amazing what making yourself noticed achieves.
After much hinting in the lead up to Christmas I have a result!
I received a Foska Bones training jacket. On Wednesday I wore it for the first time on a dark commute. I know this is only anecdotal and therefore open to error, but in general, cars seemed to slow down prior to passing and gave me more room.
I have found a similar effect with my Cateye TL1100 light. A few days ago, I went out well before dusk and took a lot longer completing my ride than I had expected [1]. I had temporarily removed the Cateye and, on the climb up Brockholes Brow as dusk fell, was passed far too closely by six or seven cars. My lighting was a simple BS LED job.
I find the Cateye causes cars to give me an extra couple of feet.
Cheers, Luke
[1] Later investigations showed this to be caused by my rear mudguard rubbing on my rear wheel.
It's amazing what making yourself noticed achieves.
After much hinting in the lead up to Christmas I have a result!
I received a Foska Bones training jacket. On Wednesday I wore it for the first time on a dark commute. I know this is only anecdotal and therefore open to error, but in general, cars seemed to slow down prior to passing and gave me more room.
I also received 3 Hokey Spokes. These I fitted last night. Today on the commute the effect was more dramatic.
In article <1ia5rqx.1555z3r697q9xN% [email hidden]>, Ekul Namsob [email hidden] says...
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[1] Later investigations showed this to be caused by my rear mudguard rubbing on my rear wheel.
Could you not hear that?
Well, I heard rubbing but thought it might be a poorly adjusted brake. The fact that the noise disappeared when I completely released the brake only confirmed this to me. On my return home, further checks showed that the mudguard was raised a couple of mm by opening the brake calipers.
It's amazing what making yourself noticed achieves.
After much hinting in the lead up to Christmas I have a result!
I received a Foska Bones training jacket. On Wednesday I wore it for the first time on a dark commute. I know this is only anecdotal and therefore open to error, but in general, cars seemed to slow down prior to passing and gave me more room.
I also received 3 Hokey Spokes. These I fitted last night. Today on the commute the effect was more dramatic.
I get loads more room at night regardless. I think drivers can see very little apart from lights and aren't sure how much room to give you, so they err on the side of caution. Either that, or they're shocked to see a cyclist with decent lights, or any lights at all (Swindon is the spiritual home of the black-clad stealth cyclist).
I get loads more room at night regardless. I think drivers can see very little apart from lights and aren't sure how much room to give you, so they err on the side of caution. Either that, or they're shocked to see a cyclist with decent lights, or any lights at all (Swindon is the spiritual home of the black-clad stealth cyclist).
I find that too when out in rural areas (not much difference in town though). I am aware of how dim my rear lights seem compared to the front - they're pretty good but you don't get a "f**k me that's bright" when you shine it in someone's eyes. I'd rather not be dazzling people coming up behind me though.
I've found lights on my helmet good for getting some extra space when riding back from work through town at night. Helmets are quite good for mounting things on (as well as their insulative properties in the recent cool weather).
