Summer Hi-viz attire

il_principe

Roastie wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Pink = the new Hi Viz

+1

I do not understand the winter hi-viz jacket brigade at all.

I usually wear my running tops on the commute (I prefer not to look too much like a cyclist) -

Is this not difficult, given you're riding a bike?

Perhaps thes new HIVIZ jackets have aircon built in, it's the only explanation that makes sense dammit.

Roastie

Il Principe wrote:

Is this not difficult, given you're riding a bike?

This is something I have battled to work out a solution to, I must admit.

sarajoy

Il Principe wrote:

Perhaps thes new HIVIZ jackets have aircon built in, it's the only explanation that makes sense dammit.

Depends what you call those zips under the armpits...

blu3cat

sarajoy wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Perhaps thes new HIVIZ jackets have aircon built in, it's the only explanation that makes sense dammit.

Depends what you call those zips under the armpits...

suitable only for gimp suits?

il_principe

sarajoy wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Perhaps thes new HIVIZ jackets have aircon built in, it's the only explanation that makes sense dammit.

Depends what you call those zips under the armpits...

Scratch ports?

redvee

sarajoy wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Perhaps thes new HIVIZ jackets have aircon built in, it's the only explanation that makes sense dammit.

Depends what you call those zips under the armpits...

Access points for deodorant.

Saw a cyclist in long trousers and hi-viz jacket myself this morning, I was sweaty in shorts and T-shirt, god knows what state she was in.

sarajoy Do the naked ride bit on tuesday, we need more people to attend

rbrwr

sarajoy wrote:

Welcome! Myself and GTV ride the A38 too - come down the pub on Tuesday and join us: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12615920

Cheers, I might just do that...

sarajoy wrote:

Also, hi-vis jerseys are a good price here: http://www.cycle-clothing.co.uk/ (the 'Neoni' ones that look very green in the pic are actually hiviz yellow)

They do look green, don't they? Anyway, the short sleeve ones are sold out at cycle-clothing.co.uk and a quick Google didn't find another source of them. Oh well, I'll keep looking.

jimmypippa

Always Tyred wrote:

jimmypippa wrote:

The Cuillin

(Coir a' Ghrunnda looking towards Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn with Bealeach a Coir an Lochain to the left of the peak)

Taken this half term, stayed in Glenbrittle SYHA

Thought I recognised it. I was there last Summer. As a bit of a noob hiker I found the climb up to the ridge from there somewhat entertaining. I'm told there are easier ways up, but the hard way, unguided, was fun. Once was enough though. The Inaccessible Pinnacle can sod off - happy to look up at it.

This year - Applecross. Bike. Yes please.

AppleX on CX?


I was a very keen scrambler at university, I tend to think of my cycling as keeping me fit for my (too) infrequent longer hillwalks.

It depends on how noob, but I can see that it could be interesting. It was about as severe as I felt happy with on my own and without a rope, especially as I wasn't sure quite how gung-ho Andrew Dempster was in my guidebook. I found the Harvey's map clearer than the OS 1:25,000 (and not just because there is a 1:12,500 ridge enlargement).

About 4-people is an ideal number IMO. ...But I could go faster, and did scalp many people.

If you go to Applecross from Kyle, look out for the amusingly-named B&B, "Nessun Dorma" (near Plockton IIRC).

Torridon next year, and my kids are getting old enough to start on easy scrambles.

Gussio

jimmypippa wrote:

Torridon next year, and my kids are getting old enough to start on easy scrambles.

We were in Torridon earlier this year. A circuit of Beinn Alligan with the kids might be a great day out. You can skirt the trickier parts of the "Horns" and the views across to Liathach are incredible. Drove over Bealach Na Ba on the way back to Glasgow and would love to give it a crack on the bike. It is a lovely part of Scotland.

MTA

sarajoy wrote:
Also, hi-vis jerseys are a good price here: http://www.cycle-clothing.co.uk/ (the 'Neoni' ones that look very green in the pic are actually hiviz yellow)


They do look green, don't they? Anyway, the short sleeve ones are sold out at cycle-clothing.co.uk and a quick Google didn't find another source of them. Oh well, I'll keep looking.

That's a shame I bought two the last time Sarajoy recomended them and they're great. Even though a seven foot giant with short stumpy legs could still be covered neck to bum in them. Or at 5'5" am I considered a real shorty now?
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tardington

Gussio wrote:

jimmypippa wrote:

Torridon next year, and my kids are getting old enough to start on easy scrambles.

We were in Torridon earlier this year. A circuit of Beinn Alligan with the kids might be a great day out. You can skirt the trickier parts of the "Horns" and the views across to Liathach are incredible. Drove over Bealach Na Ba on the way back to Glasgow and would love to give it a crack on the bike. It is a lovely part of Scotland.

Is it possibleto cycle out to Knoydart on a CX bike? Would love to try.

A friend and his wife cycled UP the applecross pass (not going to spell it by memory) and whisked down the wee applecross village. The wife flatly refused to cycle any further and in the end he had to organise a (expensive) mpv taxi to take her and bike back to plockon.

I like plockton, and I saw the Nessun Dorma. 8)

fury21

For those hot but hazy days (well we might get 2 or 3 a year) I picked up a
Montane Bionic short sleeve. Nice & light and I think its actually brighter than my hi-viz jacket 8)



can be found on eBay and elsewhere for around £22

jonginge

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

always_tyred

jimmypippa wrote:

It depends on how noob, but I can see that it could be interesting. It was about as severe as I felt happy with on my own and without a rope

Well, not that noob, but noob enough to feel noob. I was using an OS map and the Munro handbook (which essentially simply says "pop up to the lake and then walk to the top via an easy path" and is probably the most dangerous book ever published) For those who don't know - there is no sense in taking a compass to the Cullins - it'll just point to the Cullins. I was concerned mainly because it is leg-breaking and ankle breaking territory and I kept seeing people with climbing helmets on. Also, there's no path. Its rock. There were people all over the corrie asking each other where the path was.

Torn over whether to take the CX bike with 34x25 gears, or the roadie with a 39x25 to Bleech no Baba's. If there's sustained pitches in the 10% region, its probably worth going for the cx bike......

lost_in_thought

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

You know what you should NOT wear? A red jumper. I don't know what I was thinking this morning... damn I'm hot.

blu3cat

lost_in_thought wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

You know what you should NOT wear? A red jumper. I don't know what I was thinking this morning... damn I'm hot.

Or a jumper with a big target on it, car drivers already think we have them on metaphorically. :roll:

Kieran_Burns

lost_in_thought wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

You know what you should NOT wear? A red jumper. I don't know what I was thinking this morning... damn I'm hot.

My, that's a bit cocky isn't it?

I mean: I think you're kinda cute but don't let it go to your head

artaxerxes

If you don't want to go down the cycle-specific clothing route, UNIQLO do quick dry polo shirts in lots of bright colours

lost_in_thought

Kieran_Burns wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

You know what you should NOT wear? A red jumper. I don't know what I was thinking this morning... damn I'm hot.

My, that's a bit cocky isn't it?

I mean: I think you're kinda cute but don't let it go to your head

blu3cat

lost_in_thought wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

You know what you should NOT wear? A red jumper. I don't know what I was thinking this morning... damn I'm hot.

My, that's a bit cocky isn't it?

I mean: I think you're kinda cute but don't let it go to your head

Whoa, get yer (Hi-viz) coat, you've pulled... :roll:

rally200

Saw a BMX bandit today with a woolly "rasta" hat - that's a great way to get noticed and keep "cool" in June.

why is it that all white boys with dreads have to be ginger?

blu3cat

rally200 wrote:

Saw a BMX bandit today with a woolly "rasta" hat - that's a great way to get noticed and keep "cool" in June.

why is it that all white boys with dreads have to be ginger?

apart from the people with black hair or blonde hair or brown hair...... :roll:

cjcp

JonGinge wrote:

Interesting. Rapha jersies are also made of sportswool and they are a similar price. *frantic whispering from stage left* Ah, meant to say NOT a similar price

Am intrigued by this. I haven't bought anything cycling related for well over a month...

rally200

blu3cat wrote:

rally200 wrote:

Saw a BMX bandit today with a woolly "rasta" hat - :roll: that's a great way to get noticed and keep "cool" in June.

why is it that all white boys with dreads have to be ginger?

apart from the people with black hair or blonde hair or brown hair...... :roll:

look - where I live 100% of dreads are ginger - FACT (it is a very small town)

ps . :roll: :roll: lighten up

rally200

Special Hi-viz today - a single sequinned white mitt

blu3cat

rally200 wrote:

blu3cat wrote:

rally200 wrote:

Saw a BMX bandit today with a woolly "rasta" hat - :roll: that's a great way to get noticed and keep "cool" in June.

why is it that all white boys with dreads have to be ginger?

apart from the people with black hair or blonde hair or brown hair...... :roll:

look - where I live 100% of dreads are ginger - FACT (it is a very small town)

ps . :roll: :roll: lighten up

I'm already Blond????

lost_in_thought

My Australian workers' polo shirts are fantastic. Very, very lightweight, breezy due to the aertex-y fabric and the fact that they're looser than a jersey, and seriously hi-viz.

R_T_A

In the blistering heat yesterday, I saw a guy on a MTB with something like a Montane Featherlite jacket on (Hi-Viz).

I've not got one of these jackets, but does any air flow through them? He looked so hot & bothered with that reddish tinge to the face (that was bordering on purple) that I nearly turned round to check he was OK.

blu3cat

R_T_A wrote:

In the blistering heat yesterday, I saw a guy on a MTB with something like a Montane Featherlite jacket on (Hi-Viz).

I've not got one of these jackets, but does any air flow through them? He looked so hot & bothered with that reddish tinge to the face (that was bordering on purple) that I nearly turned round to check he was OK.

Nope they are in fact sh*te. I have one in my bag when I cycle. They do stop the wind, but are loose enough to flap around and sound like you have cards in your spokes. When it rains they are waterproof for about 2.2 seconds and then they stick to your skin and you get drenched. They also have really poor air ciruculation.

In fact if it rains I no longer nother with it, and just get a bit wet. I use it for later evening trips home for it's hi-viz-ness.

I SCR'd someone wearing the full autumn / winter kit the other day, Hi-viz thick jacket & best of all winter tights (although these were black rather than hi-viz)

lost_in_thought

I like my Montane, it's a good little wind and water-proof... well, for long enough for me to get home.