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Nov 2016
11:01am, 17 Nov 2016
8,173 posts
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Maz..........
Pro-viz is great, but expensive.... if you don't mind boiling in the bag, you can get highly reflective silvertone stuff from karrimor at sports direct....
Aldi very recently did some superspotty reflective trousers which are proving effective and very popular among our ladies at jogscotland....
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Nov 2016
11:22am, 17 Nov 2016
27,952 posts
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Old Croc
Is that the ProViz stuff is hot or the Karrimor stuff?
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Nov 2016
11:43am, 17 Nov 2016
8,174 posts
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Maz..........
i meant karrimor is cheaper, and boil in the bag! sorry.... grammar is everything!
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Nov 2016
11:48am, 17 Nov 2016
27,955 posts
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Old Croc
theirs no-one quiet like Grandma
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Nov 2016
12:07pm, 17 Nov 2016
1,370 posts
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westmoors
Just stumbled on this thread having ordered a Decathlon chest light last night!!
I'm in the camp that you can never make yourself too visible. I already have a hi-vis bib with reflective bands that I always wear when running in the dark. I try to wear light coloured or hi-viz clothing too. I also have a head torch but I only tend to use it if I know my route has sections with poor or no lighting.
However, with the recent Aldershot tragedy, I rethought my visibility. The reflective bands on my hi-viz bib are only visible to vehicles directly in front or behind me. They are no good to a vehicle approaching on a side road. The light coloured/hi viz clothing may be seen but is not guaranteed. A light/torch projects forward and so hopefully will give visibility to side approaching vehicles. So from now on I will be in light/hi viz clothing, hi-viz bib and head/chest torch.
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Nov 2016
12:13pm, 17 Nov 2016
1,292 posts
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larkim
Just FYI, the reason I've been an argumentative sod on this thread (sorry!) is that I was having a similar debate elsewhere as a woman who (freely admits) she has a peculiar running style, and isn't swift, finds that she needs to go out in the evening in kit which is generally dark and lo vis because she feels intimidated by locals (she has a history of being verbally abused / threatened whilst out running), so the only way she feels she can continue to run regularly is by drawing as little attention to herself as possible.
She was describing her route as being a 0.25m loop around the block, no road crossings and street lights present. She made the judgement that for her, the risk of not running (because of intimidation) was greater than the risk presented by a car mounting the pavement and hitting her because it couldn't see her on the pavement. I can see her logic, and was defending her right to risk assess as she saw fit, and have carried some of that sentiment over into this thread.
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Nov 2016
12:23pm, 17 Nov 2016
809 posts
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Luiz
I'm a cyclist so for me a combination of hi viz, reflective and lights is essential throughout the day at this time of year.
Remember that it's not just cars and on roads that you need to worry about - Part of my ride home takes me along an unlit off-road shared cycle/footpath. I have a good light on the front of my bike (good as in too bright to use on the road for fear of dazzling car drivers), but a pedestrian in dark clothing at the edge of the light beam is essentially invisible until they are too close for me to do anything to avoid them. Even a small amount of reflective material on a jacket or arm band can make a massive difference to how quickly I see you. A really good reflective jacket or bag like the 360 reflectives or a workman's jacket can be seen quarter of a mile away on a straight run, probably even more effective than a headtorch.
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Nov 2016
12:26pm, 17 Nov 2016
27,957 posts
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Old Croc
odd one - the number of times you see (mainly cyclists) with a hi-viz on - very good - but then a black backpack on covering it up! Defeats the object somewhat?
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Nov 2016
12:47pm, 17 Nov 2016
8,175 posts
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Maz..........
I have a number of old parkrun volunteer hi-viz in the boot of my car. (previous sponsor logo)
I have often the urge to stop and offer it to cyclists near to home. We live near a uni campus, and it is quite often foreign students who are ambling along as if on the cycle paths of Amsterdam!
My question would be: am i rude to offer...?
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Nov 2016
12:49pm, 17 Nov 2016
8,176 posts
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Maz..........
Larkim, i think "your friend" is probably making a fairly reasonable risk assessment and so personally I can't say she's doing anything wrong. Other than the psychology of letting the arseholes get to her!!
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Running in all black at night
Nov 2019