Lee Mitchell, a local bike person who has been driving sag support for literally hundreds of events here in NorCal, recommends reflective ankle bands as the most valuable piece of nighttime safety equipment. As Liesl notes, the movement instantly identifies you as a cyclist, and helps the motorist gauge speed and distance based on that knowledge.
--Eric N Sent from my iPad2 On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I commute on Summit Avenue on the way home, and I find that when I > come up on other bikes, one of the great things that identifies it as > a bicycle is pedal reflectors. Their movement immediately says "bike" > and I'm surprised how well/far away they can be seen. Certainly > further than bad lights. On the flashing front, I do like the planet > bike blinky. I've seen one as I was crossing the Marshall Ave bridge > and the bike was up the hill just about at Cretin and it was a little > foggy that day. Really impressive. And ditto on the reflector vests > and triangles, etc. I think the best approach is to do whatever you > can that identifies you as a bicycle; e.g. pedal reflectors. > > liesl > > -- > 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-bunch@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-bunch@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.
