Originally Posted by
Surfindixon
I like to give my car driving friends as much help with seeing me as possible. I've been the recipient of the pathetic excuse 'Sorry mate I didn't see you' more times than I have fingers and toes and my apporach to hi-viz is probably a knee-jerk reaction to that. Personally, when it comes to cycling in Glasgow, I don't think four is enough.
I hear you, my ride rocks two tail lights: a PB SFlash and a DiNotte 140R. I imagine that when you've got all four of your lights flashing, it's like being behind an emergency vehicle. I noticed that after I got the DiNotte, cars started giving me more room when they were behind me.
That is a nice bike. But then again when I look through this thread I always suffer from 'Other Peoples Sandwich Syndrome'. The idea is that you can make yourself a cheese sandwhich and it tastes alright. However, if SOMEONE ELSE makes a cheese sandwhich with exactly the same ingredients it WILL taste 100 times better than the one you made yourself. It's the same looking at other peoples bikes.......they always look nicer\interesting\more desireable than your own bike.
True 'nuff. There are a lot of flash rides posted around the forums, and they tend to impress me as much as make me jealous. But if I had a really good looking bike, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to bring myself to leave it locked up outside, anywhere. And that'd make commuting a bit of a hassle.
My ride is pretty similar to yours and even though it's never been complimented for its looks, I still love it. It's mad functional, it does everything: road, trail, work, school, and shopping. As a humble MTB commuter, I tend to be impressed by bikes that look either faster (road and cyclocross) or prettier (dutch, roadster, vintage) than mine. This bike, for example:
Originally Posted by
mechanicalron
...looks
pimp! You and I may have cheese sandwiches but mechanicalron here has a bacon cheeseburger, and it makes my mouth water. I still like cheese sando's, though.