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  • February 6, 2015 at 9:36 am #23199
    another victim of surrey business

    Sometimes we only have ourselves to blame. I was cycling through Ewell village this morning wearing the usual dayglo tabard, helmet etc, when a pseudo racer in black skin tight lycra ( =)) ) pulled out ahead of me and continued down the hill ahead of me…. nothing wrong there I here you say… well this cyclist thought it was a good idea to fit the brightest rear light he could possibly find, and aim it at eye level to get noticed. Still nothing? Here is the glaring mistake to the idiots amongst us; humans presented with a bright or flashing light aimed directly at the eyes will avert their gaze, and if they are overtaking they will not be looking at the scource of the painfully bright or flashing light, so when said buffoon swerves to avoid a pot hole or other hazard, the overtaking vehicle will be looking elsewhere.

    Moral for the story:- if you are too stupid to think of others on the road, get good health insurance or stick to off road cycle paths!

    Appologies to all those who already know how stupid this is and have wasted part of their valuable time reading this.

    I have got camera footage, and I will extract a still and post it later, so everybody can see what I mean.

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  • February 6, 2015 at 6:35 pm #831097
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    CXR94Di2

    Double post
    Double post

    February 6, 2015 at 6:34 pm #831095
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    CXR94Di2

    oldstrath wrote:CXR94Di2

    oldstrath wrote:
    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    I got one of those lights, works as it should, first object I looked at in photos. :)

    What light is it?

    Cygolite Hotshot. I ordered from USA you can get a niterider model which has nearly the same light output

    February 6, 2015 at 6:32 pm #831093
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    CXR94Di2

    oldstrath wrote:CXR94Di2

    oldstrath wrote:
    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    I got one of those lights, works as it should, first object I looked at in photos. :)

    What light is it?

    Cygolite hotshot. I ordered 6 from the USA. I believe now you can order them through uk suppliers. From memory they were about £35 once imported.

    February 6, 2015 at 6:02 pm #831091
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    FluffyKittenofTindalos

    I find you just can’t win on
    I find you just can’t win on this topic. One person’s ‘too bright’ is the next one’s ‘too dim’.

    February 6, 2015 at 5:48 pm #831089
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    oldstrath

    another victim of surrey

    another victim of surrey business wrote:
    Man of Lard wrote:
    One of the guys who rides around here has one that may even be brighter – we refer to him as the Death Star – not because he’s all in black but because his light is so painfully bright.

    Typically you have two options when you come up behind him: sucker another rider in between to eclipse his light or drop him (muttering about retina burn as you pass by) :)

    Indeed. Passed it as it when the lights changed, as it was wobbling about, determined not to put its feet down. As to the replies of Lycra is luverly ducky….. nuff said. In answer to the ‘should be as bright as possible’ sieg heil cyclonazis, if I am not looking at it because its light is painfully bright, then if it swerves, it will be under the wheels of my truck and I will no nothing about it …
    I must admit that getting one sensible reply does prove the point that 95% of the population are a waste of perfectly good oxygen =D>

    So you admit to being, at best, a selfish incompetent who is unable or unwilling to provide
    adequate road space to another road user? Don’t tell me, you drive a truck, so you are too important and skillful to need the highway code.

    As for ‘painfully bright’, do give over with the bullshit. No cyclists have lights anywhere near as bright as the son et lumiere productions carried round by the average truck. But you neither know nor care do you – too busy pushing the rest of us out of the way.

    February 6, 2015 at 5:37 pm #831087
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    jacknorell

    another victim of surrey

    another victim of surrey business wrote:
    if I am not looking at it because its light is painfully bright, then if it swerves, it will be under the wheels of my truck and I will no nothing about it …
    I must admit that getting one sensible reply does prove the point that 95% of the population are a waste of perfectly good oxygen =D>

    So, you’re driving too close to give the appropriate space to another road user then?

    And not observing the surrounding traffic?

    February 6, 2015 at 5:31 pm #831085
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    Quince

    another victim of surrey

    another victim of surrey business wrote:
    I must admit that getting one sensible reply does prove the point that 95% of the population are a waste of perfectly good oxygen =D>

    I know what you mean… I’ve also met people whose opinions who didn’t agree with my own. Needless to say, they’re wasting that precious oxygen no longer!

    ヽ(๏∀◕ )ﾉ

    February 6, 2015 at 4:56 pm #831083
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    another victim of surrey business

    Man of Lard wrote:One of the

    Man of Lard wrote:
    One of the guys who rides around here has one that may even be brighter – we refer to him as the Death Star – not because he’s all in black but because his light is so painfully bright.

    Typically you have two options when you come up behind him: sucker another rider in between to eclipse his light or drop him (muttering about retina burn as you pass by) :)

    Indeed. Passed it as it when the lights changed, as it was wobbling about, determined not to put its feet down. As to the replies of Lycra is luverly ducky….. nuff said. In answer to the ‘should be as bright as possible’ sieg heil cyclonazis, if I am not looking at it because its light is painfully bright, then if it swerves, it will be under the wheels of my truck and I will no nothing about it …
    I must admit that getting one sensible reply does prove the point that 95% of the population are a waste of perfectly good oxygen =D>

    February 6, 2015 at 2:26 pm #831081
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    BBB

    Nothing wrong with lights
    Nothing wrong with lights that bright at the right time of the day (e.g. like in the picture)

    February 6, 2015 at 2:16 pm #831079
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    oldstrath

    CXR94Di2 wrote:I got one of

    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    I got one of those lights, works as it should, first object I looked at in photos. :)

    What light is it?

    February 6, 2015 at 1:55 pm #831077
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    maevans

    Super bright lights are
    Super bright lights are annoying, especially when at eye level.

    However, it appears to be daylight – why on earth do you think he should be in dayglo?

    February 6, 2015 at 12:09 pm #831075
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    monkeytrousers

    Why didn’t you just go past?
    Why didn’t you just go past?

    February 6, 2015 at 12:06 pm #831073
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    Leviathan

    How bright are your lights?
    How bright are your lights? Not as effective as this cool looking fellas. Do you really think your dinner-ladies smock is more effective then these lights? Good luck mate, you sound like you need it. Trolls don’t last long around here.

    February 6, 2015 at 11:31 am #831071
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    CXR94Di2

    I got one of those lights,
    I got one of those lights, works as it should, first object I looked at in photos. 🙂

    February 6, 2015 at 11:21 am #831069
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    Shep73

    sergius wrote:redmeat wrote:I

    sergius wrote:
    redmeat wrote:
    I think ‘pseudo-racer’ in this instance roughly translates as ‘someone who is faster than me and isn’t dressed up like a nodding Christmas tree’.

    Made me laugh :)


    Likewise.

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