I have bright lignts (front and rear), reflective vests and straps, studded tires and warm clothers. I ride year round and this time of the year it is not possible to commute to work with out riding in the dark on at least one leg of the trip. I try to come in before the morning rush and leave before the aftneroon rush so that I am not on the most congested roads at the peak of rush hour.
Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:37 -0800 > Subject: [RBW] Brave, Foolish, or maybe necessary? > From: mhech...@gmail.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > I live in northern Vt, one ride below the 45th parallel. I'm 6 miles > down the road to the nearest shops and services. Sunset, this time of > year is around 4:30 and until the big lakes freeze over, the weather > tends to be cloudy and snowy. With the moon in its last quarter its > very dark, very early. > > It has snowed slowly and steadily through the week, leaving about 15" > of snow cover and the road shoulders with an inch or two of packed and > loose snow. The skies started to clear a bit yesterday and the temps > dropped , +14 at sundown and -10 by sunrise this morning. > > I headed into town at 5:00, in my car and drove down an unlit country > road, passing a nearly steady stream of commuters headed home up the > road. Suddenly I saw a very bright bicycle light coming up the road. > As I passed him (her?) I saw that the tail light was just avg. > > My first thought was, wow that takes some guts, but my second thought > was that's more risk than I would ever want to take on a bicycle, and > my third thought was I don't mind riding in the dark; I don't mind > riding in the cold; and I don't mind riding in the wet. But that much > cold, dark, wet and risk all at the same time is something I wouldn't > choose to do, unless it was absolutely necessary. > > What do you think? > > Michael > on a gloriously beautiful morning > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
