Safety vests

**scumdog** · 27th June 2005, 11:49

Originally Posted by Eurygnomes

That sounds like an amazingly good resource PlacidFemme, I get bored at work too...hence loitering here!

And who was it who wanted stuff on their arms? What about some of those 'oh-so-sexy' trouser-puller-inners that people who use pushbikes sometimes wear to keep their trousers out of the chain/gears? They're velcro-affairs and they're highly reflective.

In the old days they were known by the very original name of....bicycle clips!!

**Eurygnomes** · 27th June 2005, 11:55

I knew there'd be some technical name for them thingamejigs.

**skidz** · 27th June 2005, 11:57

Yeah, I had to wear one so that on our poker ride, the rest of the bikers knew that I was leading the ride, and not to go past. I wouldn't wear one in any other case. The boys might call me a gay basted.

**scumdog** · 27th June 2005, 11:58

gay basted

**Ixion** · 27th June 2005, 12:04

Originally Posted by scumdog

In the old days they were known by the very original name of....bicycle clips!!

Fluoro puttees anyone ?

**Eurodave** · 27th June 2005, 12:22

Or how about a flouro pink Sam Brown?

**dhunt** · 27th June 2005, 12:45

Originally Posted by scumdog

I have seen quite a few touring bikes with the riders/pillions wearing flouro vest down this way.

What I HAVE noticed is that a lot of the time the vests are obscured by large fairings/screens at the front and by large top-boxes/packs etc at the rear.

Also noticed the odd sports-bike type rider with them - trouble is the riding position of those types of bikes mean the rider is a whole lot less than vertical ergo the visibility is compromised quite a bit.

Can't do any harm to wear one, especially on the open road but don't put too much faith on other road users actually seeing it.

Lights on combined with running lights is a good way to go, you can't forget/leave THEM at home!

I don't think I would bother wearing one, If a cage can't see me in a silver/white/black leather space suit on a yellow bike with a head light on and semi noisy exchaust I don't think anything else would make any difference at all and I'm totally screwed

**vifferman** · 27th June 2005, 12:50

I was following a biker the other night, and he was VERY visible. He was dressed in a white suit with reflective fluoro stripes on arms, legs, back and chest, and the suit picked up headlights and streetlights from several hundred metres away. He looked like a Christmas tree!

It made me think again about wearing gear like this, as it gave him a very high profile, visibility-wise.

**XTC** · 27th June 2005, 13:43

I've seen alot of people in cages wearing flouro vests.... whats with that eh?? Some sort of club recognition thing maybe.....

From a front view I think my visibike kit does more to make people see me in the traffic. Having the front indicators glow helps prevent yours from just blending into the those of traffic behind you. Also on the motorway I notice more people moving over as I come up behind them than I did before i fitted the kit, so I am being seen.

**placidfemme** · 27th June 2005, 14:42

Originally Posted by XTC

I've seen alot of people in cages wearing flouro vests.... whats with that eh?? Some sort of club recognition thing maybe.....

From a front view I think my visibike kit does more to make people see me in the traffic. Having the front indicators glow helps prevent yours from just blending into the those of traffic behind you. Also on the motorway I notice more people moving over as I come up behind them than I did before i fitted the kit, so I am being seen.

*dumb question time*

Whats a visibike kit?

**Ixion** · 27th June 2005, 14:44

Originally Posted by placidfemme

*dumb question time*

Whats a visibike kit?

Makes your front indicators light up all the time (except when you are actually indicating, then they work as normal). So the front indicators act as daytime running lights.

**placidfemme** · 27th June 2005, 14:57

Those sound like a good idea... are they expensive?

**Ixion** · 27th June 2005, 15:00

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Those sound like a good idea... are they expensive?

Dunno. I did my own, didn't get a kit, but it probably cost more in the long run buying the bits than buying a kit would have. Mr XTC can probably tell you how much his cost.

**crashe** · 27th June 2005, 15:38

Originally Posted by XTC

I've seen alot of people in cages wearing flouro vests.... whats with that eh?? Some sort of club recognition thing maybe.....

They will be people who have finished work for the day or on their way to work and too lazy to take the vest off... also some workers are going from job to job and its time consumming to take them on and off all the time.

A lot of truck drivers have the passenger seat wear the vest for them.

I know when I was driving transporters I only wore them when I went onto the wharf.... compulsary on the wharf.

**Lou Girardin** · 27th June 2005, 15:50

Originally Posted by vifferman

I was following a biker the other night, and he was VERY visible. He was dressed in a white suit with reflective fluoro stripes on arms, legs, back and chest, and the suit picked up headlights and streetlights from several hundred metres away. He looked like a Christmas tree!

It made me think again about wearing gear like this, as it gave him a very high profile, visibility-wise.

It also gives him a high profile sexuality-wise.