vincent
Well-Known Member
have posted a similar thread a few years ago but wish more bicyclists would use multiple lights, different colored lights , reflective vests, BRIGHT colors
I am COMPLETELY paranoid about having a car hit me or my friends while riding and am amazed at the idiots riding dark bikes in dark clothes with a $30 light on the front
to me the bottom line is you cannot be bright enough or well lit enough ever
the argument that the car should have seen you is foolish and will mean nothing when that 4000lbs hits you and you are paralyzed
$200 worth of extra lights/vest is totally worth it imo
and you can certainly do it cheaper than that with all the new led stuff available
reflective vests are $7 on amazon
right now my bikes are not even set up well for riding imo, they need more reflective tape, more lights
that being said every bike is running 2 higher end rear lights, 2 or 3 higher end front lights, everyone is wearing a pink or yellow reflective vest/yellow or white helmet with lights and usually a reflective belt or noxgear lighted vest
any bags are always bought with bright color/reflective stuff in mind even if I do not like the way the way they look- and I don't
my least favorite color in the world is pink, but it shows up better than yellow or orange so that is the color of my reflective vest
I am so well lit/reflective that I actually feel safer riding at night than the day
this gets me to a story from a week ago riding in california
we rode Coronado island over in San Diego - great ride if you are over that way, fun to ride the ferry with the bikes
took the bike path down the highway across the bay part and came back when it was getting dark, passed numerous joggers, skaters in dark clothes - NUTS
I was running 2400 lumens on more combined on the front of my bike/helmet and needed it every bit of it at 15mph to see these guys in the dark
then we get back to the van and start to load bikes
a man walks over and ask me where I got the colored lights we had on, had to ask which one of us lol , because I had on noxgear and my friend was wearing an led belt
he wanted info on both
pretty much every time I ride my bikes some stranger ask me about the lights or comments on how well lit my bikes are- everyone should be riding like this imo
am going to put a couple of links and comments on products
these would make great Xmas gifts
this is not rechargeable but I use rechargeable batteries in it and they seem to last a long time
$20 and is rechargeable , last super long time, also does flashing, different colors, if I am using a backpack will run this in a diagonal across the back
for some reason I cannot link to the reflective safety vest page on amazon
do a search for that and there are hundreds of hits at the $10 and below price point
only downside to yellow vest is often on the radrover people would think I was security or police I guess
being mostly deaf and not able to hear people well this was a hassle, you probably won't get this with pink and it shows up better!
even with that totally worth it for the visibility
I have bought numerous used/open package niterider and cyrgolite headlights/tailights on craigslist and ebay
out of probably 25-30 of them had 2 eventually have a battery issue and need replacing
having problems posting links all the sudden, going to post this and try to add links to it later
I am COMPLETELY paranoid about having a car hit me or my friends while riding and am amazed at the idiots riding dark bikes in dark clothes with a $30 light on the front
to me the bottom line is you cannot be bright enough or well lit enough ever
the argument that the car should have seen you is foolish and will mean nothing when that 4000lbs hits you and you are paralyzed
$200 worth of extra lights/vest is totally worth it imo
and you can certainly do it cheaper than that with all the new led stuff available
reflective vests are $7 on amazon
right now my bikes are not even set up well for riding imo, they need more reflective tape, more lights
that being said every bike is running 2 higher end rear lights, 2 or 3 higher end front lights, everyone is wearing a pink or yellow reflective vest/yellow or white helmet with lights and usually a reflective belt or noxgear lighted vest
any bags are always bought with bright color/reflective stuff in mind even if I do not like the way the way they look- and I don't
my least favorite color in the world is pink, but it shows up better than yellow or orange so that is the color of my reflective vest
I am so well lit/reflective that I actually feel safer riding at night than the day
this gets me to a story from a week ago riding in california
we rode Coronado island over in San Diego - great ride if you are over that way, fun to ride the ferry with the bikes
took the bike path down the highway across the bay part and came back when it was getting dark, passed numerous joggers, skaters in dark clothes - NUTS
I was running 2400 lumens on more combined on the front of my bike/helmet and needed it every bit of it at 15mph to see these guys in the dark
then we get back to the van and start to load bikes
a man walks over and ask me where I got the colored lights we had on, had to ask which one of us lol , because I had on noxgear and my friend was wearing an led belt
he wanted info on both
pretty much every time I ride my bikes some stranger ask me about the lights or comments on how well lit my bikes are- everyone should be riding like this imo
am going to put a couple of links and comments on products
these would make great Xmas gifts
Amazon.com: Tracer360 – Revolutionary Illuminated & Reflective Vest for Running or Cycling with Multicolored LED Fiber Optics (Women & Men, Adjustable, Lightweight, Weatherproof Gear for Jogging & Biking): Sports & Outdoors
Buy Tracer360 – Revolutionary Illuminated & Reflective Vest for Running or Cycling with Multicolored LED Fiber Optics (Women & Men, Adjustable, Lightweight, Weatherproof Gear for Jogging & Biking): Safety Apparel - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases
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this is not rechargeable but I use rechargeable batteries in it and they seem to last a long time
$20 and is rechargeable , last super long time, also does flashing, different colors, if I am using a backpack will run this in a diagonal across the back
for some reason I cannot link to the reflective safety vest page on amazon
do a search for that and there are hundreds of hits at the $10 and below price point
only downside to yellow vest is often on the radrover people would think I was security or police I guess
being mostly deaf and not able to hear people well this was a hassle, you probably won't get this with pink and it shows up better!
even with that totally worth it for the visibility
I have bought numerous used/open package niterider and cyrgolite headlights/tailights on craigslist and ebay
out of probably 25-30 of them had 2 eventually have a battery issue and need replacing
having problems posting links all the sudden, going to post this and try to add links to it later
