We live near UC Berkeley, and my wife and I find ourselves talking about how visible or invisible commuter cyclists are on the street as we drive around on errands, etc. One needs to drive cautiously, because few cyclists around here obey the traffic laws. What we've noticed is how often urban cyclists are only visible from the saddle or waist up, their legs and bicycles being hidden by the trunks and hoods of cars. Neither of us are color blind, which would change our perspective, but we've found brightly colored helmets, backpacks, vests, shirts or jackets to be the most visible during the day. Bright blue seems to be the most visible on sunny days. Yellow, orange & fluorescent colors are the most visible on foggy, cloudy and rainy days. At night, bike lights & reflective materials need to be mounted saddle height or higher to be seen in traffic.
Without traffic blocking our view, bike lights, reflectors, and especially reflective leg bands are great at night or on rainy days. John On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 11:09:34 AM UTC-7, Neil Doran wrote: > > Over the last few weeks I've had two close calls with automobiles during > my morning commute that really seem to come down to 'I didn't see you'. > > I currently have a dyno hub with full-time lights front and rear, and try > and ride predictably, but seems like I need to up my visibility game. I'm > thinking a very bright and loud reflective vest. Needs to be pretty light > weight though, maybe even a mesh. > > Any suggestions from the group mind on either vests you have been happy > with, or other tips n tricks for daytime visibility? > -- 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/3820b847-72d1-4d3a-8823-96032845c32c%40googlegroups.com.
