Dear Troy Thiel,

A free light program?  A free helmet program?  Maybe a free water bottle program since exhaustion is not good either?  I was thinging this morning that our healthy discussions about available lights and diverse needs at least pointed to one sector of our lives where we aren't mandated a solution--one size fits all.  As a child I had a nice zink plated flashlight clamp on my handlebars which held a standard sized round flashlight.  It probably cost $.25 to $.50 at Mr. Benson's Western Auto where all the kids bought reflectors and bike gizmos.  And now we can buy lights if we so choose which easily cost $200-$500. In fact such lights could easily cost more than the bikes themselves.  But it is a choice.  It is fine if a charity gives away reflectors and tapes and even cheap lights, although the switches will probably work about a week. 

But Troy, do we really want to: "should we bikies begin a movement for a FREE-----------, , , ?"  Bike safety materials and enforcement of car-bike position laws is one matter which could be expanded, but demanding equipment is another.

Eric Westhagen

Troy Thiel wrote:
While most of the conversation has been about reflectors and lights on the front and back, for your night bike I'd highly recommend reflectors that attach in the rims...so every rotation is movement, the same is true on some rims as well as tires...heck if I was Trek or other companies creating urban bikes I'd include reflective materials into the paints and treatments of moving parts to help the cause!
 
should we bikies begin a movement for a free light program?  I'd also consider adding to said movement free helmets, especially for kids who don't ride them and improving the City's Bike Safety materials..they could use an upgrade!

Count me in on the first group meet to consider.

Ride safe, (I can't still nursing a sprained ankle..argh)
Troy Thiel

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