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Old 09-23-06, 11:08 AM
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Biking safely at sunrise/sunset?

Since sunrise is getting later and later my morning commute is getting more and more directly into the sun. its mostly a road going east with some slight hills that pretty much put you even with the sun, which means drivers can't see diddly squat. I woke up too late to ride today and noticed there were quite a few spots where I just couldn't see anything, so i slowed to about 25mph and stuck my head out the window and it worked. but i have a pretty clean windshield, i'd assume people with dirty windshields saw even less than me! is there a way to bike safely in these conditions? i'd hate to stop biking just because of sunrise. there is a bike path that goes most of the east/west direction, but that adds an extra 4 miles on to my commute.
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