You are reading a single comment by @A_EF and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@A_EF
Even with 3 lights on front of bike, 3 on back, another one on backpack, extra strip light on rear of helmet, hi-viz vest, hi-viz tape on bike, last winter I had many drivers that still just didn't see me. Usually when they were doing sudden eratic pissed off u-turns to get out of traffic jams or turning across my path. If someone is making too sudden a judgement on a dodgy manouver then they just don't think to look and won't see you whatever you're wearing.
On the other hand, you've got to give the people who do look out for you the chance to see you. It's suprising how difficult it is when driving to see a bike with just lights in a city when there's pinpoints of light everywhere you look. A bit of rain on a windscreen can make it worse too. As already mentioned a combo of solid and flashing lights is good. Hi-vz isn't vital but wearing light colours rather than black makes sense.