Commuting - Night Jacket

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Fredmertz51
08-21-07, 01:42 PM
Searched the forums and found nothing. http://youtube.com/watch?v=BZvSdq6GYsY

JeffS
08-21-07, 01:53 PM
Seems pretty dim. I'd bet if he had a superflash on the bike you wouldn't even notice the jacket.
joelpalmer
08-21-07, 03:02 PM
Yeah, didn't look so great. I'll stick to my day-glo vest, lights and reflective tape.

cwodave
08-21-07, 06:03 PM
Might be OK as just an add-on or along-with but not on its own. I'm not sure cagers would decipher the light code either, or for that matter notice different colors.

Dave
zoltani
08-21-07, 06:10 PM
Yeah, maybe it is a cool concept, but i think that cagers need something simple like a bright light as some reflective tape and such. I imagine all the lights on that jacket just confusing a driver making him run right into you.
stringbreaker
08-21-07, 09:04 PM
He needs to get a vest like I have with two rows of red blinking lights front and back. It really shows up in the dark
kill.cactus
08-21-07, 11:15 PM
I like how the name of the product (or company?) is REACTIVE.

Shouldn't safety things like that be PROACTIVE? hahaha
Tude
08-22-07, 07:04 AM
He needs to get a vest like I have with two rows of red blinking lights front and back. It really shows up in the dark

Wish I kept my pamphlets from it - but I think the contraption was like $200, saw it at a Toronto bike show a couple years ago --- and it was a vest you put on that had stop light and turn signal capabiility. Pretty cool.

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littlewaywelt
08-22-07, 08:33 AM
illuminite is a godsend for those that ride or run in the night.

http://www.illuminite.com/Catalog/Cycling/81602_c.html
Tude
08-22-07, 01:40 PM
He replied, as to an approximate price --- @ $200 (US)