A Question of Color

[mimitabby]

i'm with you on the dayglow.
My bianchi (which is yellow and navy blue) is goiing into the shop today to get new handlebars. the new tape will be yellow (as in the original equipment)
i also bought yellow fenders for it.

I asked at the bike shop for dayglow handlebar tape but the regular yellow cork was the closest he had to it.

Now as for my favorite colors, my fav color is orange, but a red and black bike, a red and orange bike, even an orange and black bike; that would be really wonderful and someday maybe i'll have a bike that color.
I also favor those dayglow stickers, i had them all over my old bike, i haven't put them on this one yet.

[MomOnBike]

I'm not convinced that painting the bike dayglo would do much to improve its visibility. Really, there isn't much bike there; it's mostly air - unlike, say, a car - which is solid.

You, however, can and should wear something bright. I've been seeing a lot of the Alert Shirts yellow t-shirts on the bike paths here lately, and am impressed with just how visible they are. Ummm, URL: http://alertshirt.com/

If you ride at night (try it, it's great) you need lights. Think Christmas tree, think the guy at Christmas whose Christmas lights dim the lights all over town when he plugs 'em in, think new saloon, think new saloon at Christmas... you get the idea. When I get extra money (??!) I plan on putting these on the bike: http://www.fossilfool.com/down-low-glow.htm

[mimitabby]

If you ride at night (try it, it's great) you need lights. Think Christmas tree, think the guy at Christmas whose Christmas lights dim the lights all over town when he plugs 'em in, think new saloon, think new saloon at Christmas... you get the idea. When I get extra money (??!) I plan on putting these on the bike: http://www.fossilfool.com/down-low-glow.htm

sigh... riding at night..
It's almost dark in the morning when i leave for work already.. so I have to ride in the dark... if i wish to commute for more than 4 months a year.
what a bummer! My husband is trying to help me stay on the road, but at a certain point when it is pitch black out there I will elect to not ride my bike to work until spring..

[pooks]

mimi -- you and I would get along just great -- I love all the color combos you described!

momonbike -- I love those down-low-glows. I mean, they are terrific! They're pricey, though, but boy, are they bright and great! I wonder if I can convince my husband that we absolutely must have them...?

Anybody else got any great light ideas?

Also, what dayglo stickers are you talking about, mimi? I haven't run across those, yet.

[mimitabby]

mimi -- you and I would get along just great -- I love all the color combos you described!


Also, what dayglo stickers are you talking about, mimi? I haven't run across those, yet.

http://www.bikepartsusa.com/view.asp..._c2=Reflectors


these are them. pick your colors!

[Nanci]

Many of the recumbent riders in my area have those Slow Moving Vehicle triangle signs either on the back of their seat or up on a big antenna-thing. They are VERY noticeable!!

[mimitabby]

REI has them too; better pictures!

http://www.rei.com/product/47991571.htm

[pooks]

Many of the recumbent riders in my area have those Slow Moving Vehicle triangle signs either on the back of their seat or up on a big antenna-thing. They are VERY noticeable!!

I think that must have been what we saw on a couple of bikes one night recently. We could see them from quite a distance, but we had no idea what they were until we got close! It's a fairly busy street and I think I would have felt nervous riding on it after dark, anyway, but those things WERE visible.

Thanks for the links, mimi. I think I'll get some!