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High Visibility Gear for Daylight
I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to
make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). I thought I could use a hi-vis belt attached to the top of the seat, plainly visible from the rear. My question is: what colour or specification of hi-vis belt should I use for daylight riding? Steve |
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:00:16 -0700 (PDT), Steveal
wrote: I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). It's not about being visible, it's about being perceived. In my experience simply riding a recumbent is enough to get you well and truly noticed. In fact, I had an *awful* lot of people tell me how dangerous it must be because they are sure lots of people less observant than them would never have seen me. Almost nobody says they have seen me riding my Brom! Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc | http://www.nohelmetlaw.org.uk/ "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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Thanks for your views.
Steve On Jul 11, 11:04*pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:00:16 -0700 (PDT), Steveal wrote: I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). It's not about being visible, it's about being perceived. *In my experience simply riding a recumbent is enough to get you well and truly noticed. *In fact, I had an *awful* lot of people tell me how dangerous it must be because they are sure lots of people less observant than them would never have seen me. *Almost nobody says they have seen me riding my Brom! Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc|http://www.nohelmetlaw.org.uk/ "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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Steveal wrote:
I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). May I suggest a puple spandex jumpsuit with silver sequins and orange socks (add sandals for added effect). Nobody's going to fail to notice you wearing that! |
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Thanks, that's really funny. I'll keep my eyes open for some 'puple'
gear. Steve On Jul 11, 11:21*pm, Pip Ryder wrote: Steveal wrote: I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). May I suggest a puple spandex jumpsuit with silver sequins and orange socks (add sandals for added effect). Nobody's going to fail to notice you wearing that! |
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On 11 July, 23:00, Steveal wrote:
I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). I thought I could use a hi-vis belt attached to the top of the seat, plainly visible from the rear. My question is: what colour or specification of hi-vis belt should I use for daylight riding? Seriously, you're only really interested in being seen by drivers coming from behind you, and if you have a black seat no-onw behind you will be able to see your belt no matter what colour it is. A brightly coloured tail fairing on the trike, however, would make you significantly more visible: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/07...-tail-fairing/ http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/tail...udatailbox.htm |
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On 11/07/2009 23:00, Steveal wrote:
I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). I thought I could use a hi-vis belt attached to the top of the seat, plainly visible from the rear. Have you thought about a hi-vis rucksack cover draped over the back of the seat? My local council was giving them away a few months ago. I acquired one for use during the winter, when I'm likely to be riding at twilight. I see no real benefit to using it in broad daylight. -- Danny Colyer http://www.redpedals.co.uk Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often “If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.” - Darryl F. Zanuck |
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To clarify what I'm intending, imagine a hi-vis belt wrapped around
the top of the seat in the picture below: http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/images/trik...s/t_2008_b.jpg Steve On Jul 12, 12:00*am, Simon Brooke wrote: On 11 July, 23:00, Steveal wrote: I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). I thought I could use a hi-vis belt attached to the top of the seat, plainly visible from the rear. My question is: what colour or specification of hi-vis belt should I use for daylight riding? Seriously, you're only really interested in being seen by drivers coming from behind you, and if you have a black seat no-onw behind you will be able to see your belt no matter what colour it is. A brightly coloured tail fairing on the trike, however, would make you significantly more visible: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/07...udatailbox.htm |
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:00:16 -0700 (PDT)
Steveal wrote: I do all my riding in daylight on a recumbent trike. I'm interested to make it more visible, as I realise that I tend to wear darkish clothing and the trike has a black mesh seat (although I do have the supplied hi-vis flag). Is black invisible in daylight? Against a typical street scene I'd have thought it would stand out as well as anything else, and better than bright fluorescents if shops have sale signs in the windows. I thought I could use a hi-vis belt attached to the top of the seat, plainly visible from the rear. My question is: what colour or specification of hi-vis belt should I use for daylight riding? Something like this http://www.partydomain.co.uk/d-comme...oduct4196.html would probably attract more attention. |
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Phil W Lee wrote:
A few of those childrens coloured windmills on poles (one on the cap/helmet) should ensure reasonable visibility, and even if they don't it seems unlikely that any driver will willing admit to SMIDSY. How about this. He should attach the following signs to the back of his recumbant. PETROL: 90p and FREE PARKING No car driver ever misses signs like those! |
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