I remember the lollipop things that had a reflector on the end, designed to stick out to the right by about 12". The vain hope in using these things was that the cars would see them and make sure to give the cyclist lots and lots of room... Pretty useless really, since they would bend and flap in the airstream if you travel at more than about 15mph...
Hey, Wierd Beard, What's it like cycling in Glasgow? I know the city centre a little as I visit on business fairly often. There are some nice steep hills. Great countryside for a roadie too.
Cheers,
Ed
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Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.