Originally Posted by mcours2006

'Road bikers' scoff at that sort of thing. It makes them look fred.

I was riding behind a guy one time who kept glancing back to see traffic. I mean like every 20 seconds or so. Then in anticipation of an upcoming left turn he called out that there's a truck coming behind us. Well, no $h!t. I saw that truck from a mile away, literally. But he did look cooler than me.