Old 12-23-16 | 11:26 AM
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TenSpeedV2
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I have noticed that drivers have been giving me a bit more room now that I am running very visible blinkers day and night regardless of what I am wearing. I never run the rear on solid, always on a blink pattern of some sort. Started doing the same with the front until I get to the back neighborhood streets where I need to see the streets. My commute home is late at night so once the main streetlights end, the light goes solid. I need to be seen more than I need to see for most of the commute. Also well noted that battery run times on my lights are much longer on blink which can have serious implications on some of the much colder commutes home. Last week my ride home had me at 57 minutes in 18°F temps with a windchill that had it at about 3°F. This was due to varying road conditions and a poor plowing job by the city along with a few inches of snow that we got.
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