Unless you're in the country without street lights, Why would someone ride with a super-high lumens headlight? I argued this with a fellow cyclist friend who was bragging that his headlight is "blinding." To what purpose?! If you must, point it angled downward so you can see potholes or the road. I used to come up over the Manhattan Bridge and get temporarily blinded--literally--by cyclists with insane front lights. And it goes without saying that if you're in a protected bike lane (like on the Manhattan Bridge) you can at least temporarily turn it off. I really don't get it. Even in a car I have trouble with other vehicles with the insanely bright LED headlights. They effectively wash out my entire rear-view mirror because the contrast ratio between them and the rest of the scene behind me is 100:1.
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 6:29 PM Jack K <jack.keosh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Somewhere in the cycling archive that used to be my garage I have a new > mesh safety vest I ordered, but never used, that I'd be happy to pass on to > someone who can use it for the cost of shipping. I ordered this hi-vis > one-size-fits-most safety vest several years ago from Nashbar, but > discovered when it arrived that I'm smaller than the one size it mostly > fits. Still in it's package, but I'd have to dig around for it. > "Construction worker style" and pretty bulky over a cycling jersey on my > 5'7" frame, but if you're bigger or riding in street clothes or want > maximum real estate devoted to retina searing safety yellow then this may > work better for you than it did for me. > > Someone mentioned the reflective safety triangles as a "game changer" and > I'll second that! The common Aardvark brand one could use a bit more velcro > strappage to keep it from flopping around, but is extremely visible. This > thing: > https://www.nashbar.com/aardvark-reflective-triangle-yield-symbol-7x7-with-velcro-strap-yeild-symbol/p435349 > > Cheers, > > -Jack > Raleigh, NC > > > On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 4:40:53 PM UTC-4, Garth wrote: >> >> >> >> You can get mesh safety vests sold for cyclists, runners, etc. They don't >> weigh anything and they comes in all sorts of sized to wear over anything. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/daa07621-4e4b-4270-9de1-413c656bbbf1%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/daa07621-4e4b-4270-9de1-413c656bbbf1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CANEMrAsrq%3DhKWFZcnD2%2BaGdiff6ZmPGgLy92%3DKgu8MAgwLMHpg%40mail.gmail.com.
