Matt black bike and Black clothing
1964johnr
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On my ride today I must have seen a couple of dozen matt black bikes with the riders wearing all black kit. It looks pretty cool, but I couldn't help thinking that it's not great for safety, especially in the winter when it often gets quite dark at 3pm.I think i'll stick to my bright colours even though it doesn't look as good. I'm not making any particular point here, it was just an observation.
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are you a school lollipop crossing man?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
FTFY.
it seems that someone had hacked your account and added a load of tosh to your post. I think it may have been donald trump.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
If you are concerned then just use day lights (front and back). The flash mode is far more likely to get you noticed by other road users than the colour of your jersey.
Just to point out that the vast majority of people on bikes in my town are people in ordinary clothes getting from a to b . Some of them maybe scallies on drug runs and some of them are in hi viz but only because AOdot com and the rest pf the mega warehousing enterprises make them wear it so they dont get run over by fork lifts.
Accidents do happen.
Great song.
Popcorn sir?
This all arbitrary if the person who hits you is colour blind.
Easty commuter
Tripster AT
Hold on a minute, don't let that be a throwaway comment. Because you didn't notice it was there?
It would appear so, at least according to the police report.
I have zero memory and the only witnesses were the bus driver and member of the public. Both say I was at fault and just rode straight in to the bus at speed.
Hope youre starting to feel a smidge more with it Redevision.
The university of Winchester has done loads of work on hazzard perception and accidents with bikes, theyve come up with some really interesting insights including work on flashing lights.
They're apparently irritating and likely to distract drivers. some of the brighter ones at night in country lanes dazzle other road users rendering them temporarily blind. its a minefield out there
This presumes people are actually seeing rather than simply looking? Like the difference between listening and hearing.
Yep, starting to feel better thanks mate. Long way to go and had a few set backs over the last week or so, but can now walk unaided and able to reduce the number of painkillers im taking.
Just fed up of wearing a collar and casts though
The study on lights is interesting. I read (skimmed through) a couple of the published studies this evening and both suggested lights are a major factor in most bicycle/ vehicle collisions at night.
Going to do some more reading in to the subject as it's not something I ever really considered tbh. Naively I was always of the mindset that a mega front light (exposure Toro) and a bright rear light would light me up like a Christmas tree. But it does seem some lights are too bright :?
And remember there will be a report on the internet to prove/disprove that theory.