How to make myself more visible?

[Mr. SR500]

Marcie,

Might have a friend try a couple different to see what might work best. Might try orange for a rising sun.


How many more centuries have you completed?

[makbike]

How visible will the bright yellows/greens be if I'm riding east into the rising sun?

I talked with my colleague some more today and she said the thing she noticed the most was that she could not see me sign my intent to take the lane. Do you think reflective gloves of some sort would help?

Mr.SR500 - I've now logged 20 centuries for season (March to present). The club puts one on almost every weekend. The one this weekend is suppose to be very hilly/tough.

[Becky]

How visible will the bright yellows/greens be if I'm riding east into the rising sun?

I talked with my colleague some more today and she said the thing she noticed the most was that she could not see me sign my intent to take the lane. Do you think reflective gloves of some sort would help?

I'd wear the yellow before orange. I have an awesome orange jacket, and DH tells me that I blend right in with the sun when it's near the horizon.

What about something like this? http://www.safeturn.com/ I have the same concern about signaling, but I'm not sure that reflective stuff would be bright enough to overcome sun glare. I did buy some reflective iron-ons from www.lightweights.org, but haven't tried them yet. (BTW, their wheel stickies are excellent!)

I'm eager to hear what others are doing for the signaling issue!

[tulip]

Your route sounds really dangerous. I used to have to drive on a road like that--right into the sun. I couldn't see anything!

Is there anyway you can alter either your route or your time? It just sounds really dangerous and something that a yellow shirt will not solve (although it might help).

[Geonz]

I was thinking along those lines. There are stretches of my route that are dangerous at the equinox 'cause the sun comes up directly in front of me... b ut generally since I'm going west in the a.m. and east in the p.m. it's traffic coming the other way that would miss seeing me, which isn't as big a deal. Still, 'round that time I tend to take the long way in.

[makbike]

Tulip,

This is the best route to work. The other road, a back road, is heavily traveled in the morning (students, parents and buses). The cars literally fly down this back road and frequently the cars are not in their appropriate lane. It too is a road that goes west-east and so once again I would be riding into the sun.