Be.... Visible

i don't have any reflectors on my bike - i do however have a couple of good lights and reflective clothing. Might have to invest in some 3m reflective stuff as well:

remy87 said:
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:cool:

the crazy thing is you can now get reflective tape / fabric that's black without light hitting it.

also i'm so getting some of these when they come out:http://www.nightbrighttyre.com/
 
anticonscience said:
I've also noticed a huge increase in the amount of cyclists listening to IPODS/generic MP3 players.
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TBH I sometimes ride with a headphone in, the other ear gives me enough sound ability (as well as the sound coming through the other ear). Both headphones on are mental though. But then saying that car drivers with music blaring are just as bad, just they usually survive if someone hits them...

Off road however, both headphones for some fun!:p

Lights are always essential, my back light is permenantly attached to my bike so it's always there and if I'm going any distance on a bike I usually have a torch (200L) attached to the handlebars and a headtorch on (usually comng back from a bit of off roading again...

Never understood the fascination with removing reflectors. I know some people suggest that it can unbalance wheels, or that they fall off but I've had the same ones on for years and they have never been a problem. Either way the cool kids have flashing cap lights;) (yeah I dont...)
 
Seems to be the trend in Manchester by every walk of life, to ride around in the dark in normal clothing with not so much as a pair of clean teeth to light their way, or make themselves visible from behind with a red light. Students and the non-working fraternity seems to be the worse offenders, but just as bad if not worse are the City workers riding their £1k bikes, when the cost of a half decent front and back lights can be had for pint money.
 
platinum87 said:

By the time you see me, i've already gone past.
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Thats utterly stupid, I wouldn't consider myself a complete safe cyclist, I do cycle with my iPod but I don't think its distracts as I can hear car noise anyway, but I always make sure I am clearly visable. I know the police were stopping cyclists last year for not having lights and fining them hopefully the police will be out again this year catching more stupid cyclists who don't use them.
 
anticonscience said:
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i do listen to music.. on very low volumes tho :) So i can hear everything thats happening around me never had a single problem with it :) compared to riding without anything on.
 
I nearly ran over some little scrote a couple of nights ago, he decided that wearing dark clothing and cycling all over the road was a good idea. I had to follow him for a good few hundred yards before I could safety overtake the cretin. His friend saw me coming up behind them and went onto the pavement out of the way, but apparently it's hilarious to weave all over the road in front of a ~1400KG brick. :rolleyes:
 
kieranv said:
I had a conversation with a customer in work today who was coming to collect her new bike. She stated that she'd be removing all the reflectors off it and could she borrow a screwdriver, i politely declined and asked why she'd want to do that...she replied they were uncool.

I said, fair enough, i suppose if you're not commuting or riding much on the roads then they're not really needed. She said that even if she was commuting she wouldn't have reflectors...because they were uncool...i was baffled by this but left the conversation there.
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To be fair I've removed them on all my bikes I've had too .

It's unnecessary weight when I've bothered getting Carbon bits :p, and I hardly ride my XC Bike on the road.

Though of-course if I'm going out at night (road or off-road) I'll stick a headlight and taillight on :).
 
anticonscience said:
I've also noticed a huge increase in the amount of cyclists listening to IPODS/generic MP3 players.
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Why would you even want to bike with headphones in?
I need both ears to safely judge traffic coming from behind, and to hear pretty much anything else going on around me.
It should be illegal just as it is for drivers.
 
anticonscience said:
I've also noticed a huge increase in the amount of cyclists listening to IPODS/generic MP3 players.
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I do this when I'm not on the road but definitely not when I'm on it. I've seen plenty of cyclists round the City/crossing Tower Bridge with earphones in. Ludicrously stupid.

After dark I like having lights on my bike. It's fun.
 
Bah as well as visibility WEAR A BLOODY HELMET. Nothing worse than passing a cyclist in full hi-viz, lights, anklets, the works and no god-damn helmet. Really annoying.
 
kieranv said:
I had a conversation with a customer in work today who was coming to collect her new bike. She stated that she'd be removing all the reflectors off it and could she borrow a screwdriver, i politely declined and asked why she'd want to do that...she replied they were uncool.

I said, fair enough, i suppose if you're not commuting or riding much on the roads then they're not really needed. She said that even if she was commuting she wouldn't have reflectors...because they were uncool...i was baffled by this but left the conversation there.
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And you didn't explain to her that it's technically illegal to ride without them?
 
Jono said:
Be safe. Be seen.
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This. It just never ceases to amaze me just how many people ride bikes with no lights & no Hi-viz gear on when I drive to work @5am this time of year. Also when I'm out on my round. :( It's worrying & annoying that I could run someone over & not even know they were there riding a bike.
 
Saw a guy.. well I say saw, I only just saw him.

On the hard shoulder of the A12 (essentially a motorway, it's a dual carriage way from Ipswich to London, pretty big, 3 lanes in a lot of places).

At 9pm, so pitch black,

with no helmet, and wearing all black.

Absolute nutter!
 
But i think we can all agree the real culprit here is cars. Horrible, inefficient machines that cut you off completely from the outside world. If nobody drove them then they wouldn't be the cause of so many deaths. ;)
 
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