The helmet's screaming yellow, my bike's screaming yellowthe vest and now I'm thinking about these:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodDF_ANY.html
Yes, not a scientific study but I sense and sometimes see drivers take that second glance.
The helmet's screaming yellow, my bike's screaming yellowthe vest and now I'm thinking about these:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodDF_ANY.html
Yes, not a scientific study but I sense and sometimes see drivers take that second glance.
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/
I can't remember where I read it, but high visibility chartreuse is supposed to be the most visible color. I see more and more highway workers wearing that color. High viz yellow is right up there, as is blaze orange.
I used to ride motorcycles and I had a blaze orange helmet. There was a substantial difference in how cars kept their distance from me when I wore that helmet. I've wondered why bike helmets don't come in high visibility colors.
Last edited by goldfinch; 05-10-2011 at 07:55 AM.
I'm a big fan of these
http://alertshirt.com/
especially their performance T's in ANSI colors.
Last edited by TsPoet; 05-10-2011 at 08:34 AM.
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Bacchetta Giro (recumbent commuter)
Bacchetta Corsa (recumbent "fast" bike)
Greespeed X3 (recumbent "just for fun" trike)
Strada Velomobile
I will never buy another bike!
Thank you thank you thank you! I've seen cyclists wearing these:
http://alertshirt.com/trafficgloves.html
and have not been able to find them.
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/
I bought this windbreaker http://bontrager.com/model/07260 at a LBS, and am blinded by its brightness and feel much safer with the cars zipping by. Also, as a somewhat unexpected bonus, it turns out to be an excellent wind jacket.
I have several screamin' yellow Brooks Nightlife tops and jackets---very high-viz! For summer, I have sleeveless and short-sleeved neon yellow jerseys by Terry.
This is the short-sleeved version: http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodTY_630024_0.html.
I saw a jersey somewhere recently that combined high-viz yellow with a neon pink. Great combo! Wish I could remember where I spotted it.
My windbreaker is bright yellow, pretty bright, at that, but not typical hi-viz color. My winter riding jacket is bright red. I have the typical yellow-green hi viz vest, that I've been wearing a lot during this freezing spring weather.
I have a Nathan reflective vest I wear when I am riding in the dark or dawn. That, with a rear blinkie and 2 reflective bands which blink, on my ankles is quite illuminating. One time DH was coming home in the car when i came home from an early AM ride and he said he could see me half a mile away.
My regular jerseys are all kinds of wild prints. I do admit to having a black jersey, with print, but I usually wear it at this time of year, with the vest, as it's too hot to wear black in mid summer. Maybe not this year, though.
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