Originally Posted by B. Carfree

It seems like only yesterday, but it was many wrinkles ago. Preparations for a ride were limited to finding some clean cycling shorts, pumping up the tires and adding water to the bottles.

These days, it means putting one or two fully charged bright blinking lights on the rear and one on the front, placing a GoPro on the handlebar (facing rear) to facilitate finding the person who eventually kills or maims me, wearing a Spot so that it is easy to find the ditch I get knocked into, bringing a cell phone and wearing reflective ankle bands and a hi-viz reflective vest.