Old 07-23-14 | 10:18 AM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

The people I've seen with front-facing tail lights are riding with traffic. To put this in perspective, it is not nearly as boneheaded to do that than it is to ride against traffic, but it is perplexing, to say the least. [MENTION=190611]joeyduck[/MENTION], I appreciate your "stupider after the answer" point. I will try to bear that in mind to keep me from getting too irritated at stupidity.

Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
I've put my Dinotte on the front once - my headlight battery died and it was pitch black on a country road, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. It got me home.
That's one good reason. I appreciate that. The incidents I am speaking of are here in NYC where the road is so well lit that a headlight can't even add light to the surface, so that doesn't explain this behavior.
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