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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 11:10 am #831067
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    sergius

    redmeat wrote:I think

    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 đŸ™‚

    February 6, 2015 at 11:08 am #831065
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    redmeat

    I think ‘pseudo-racer’ in
    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’.

    February 6, 2015 at 11:04 am #831063
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    farrell

    I wasted my time reading this
    I wasted my time reading this alright, nothing to do with the other cyclist though.

    What’s wrong with wearing black? Do you just see a floating head when someone wears black or something? Can you also not see the two cars painted in black next to him or is your blindness purely reserved for being overly judgmental about other people riding bikes? The guy clearly has retroflective panels on his clothes too so there really isn’t a problem with it.

    I often think that some people hear other people use phrases like “cycling-ninja” and feel compelled to shoe horn them in to validate themselves.

    It would be very easy to say there is nothing “usual” about a dayglo tabard by the way, unless you are teaming it with a set of white gloves and some Vicks Vaporub and who cares if you were wearing a helmet?

    By the way, what’s a ‘pseudo-racer’?

    February 6, 2015 at 10:51 am #831061
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    Iamnot Wiggins

    Shep73 wrote:So it has come

    Shep73 wrote:
    So it has come to taking snide pictures of other cyclists as well now?
    Personally don’t see a problem. He was noticed enough for you to whine about it on here instead of asking him if he could dim it down. Plus it looks like the light has done its job, he got him noticed and no doubt to his destination in one piece.

    Touché.

    The brightness of the light was the first thing that I picked up on in the pictures so it’s clearly doing it’s intended job.

    February 6, 2015 at 10:48 am #831059
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    Shep73

    So it has come to taking
    So it has come to taking snide pictures of other cyclists as well now?
    Personally don’t see a problem. He was noticed enough for you to whine about it on here instead of asking him if he could dim it down. Plus it looks like the light has done its job, he got him noticed and no doubt to his destination in one piece.

    February 6, 2015 at 10:46 am #831057
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    redmeat

    Looks fine to me.
    Looks fine to me.

    February 6, 2015 at 10:38 am #831055
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    oldstrath

    And when the motorists are
    And when the motorists are overtaking you too close because your light is all nice and friendly they’ll see you swerve, but not be able to do anything because it’s too late. At least with a bright light they might give him some space while overtaking.

    February 6, 2015 at 10:02 am #831053
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    fenix

    Doesn’t look that bad from
    Doesn’t look that bad from the pictures. Brighter than the vans brake lights alongside ?

    And whats wrong with lycra anyway ? It’s perfect kit for the job.

    (and no it’s not me in the pic)

    February 6, 2015 at 9:56 am #831051
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    Man of Lard

    One of the guys who rides
    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) đŸ™‚

    February 6, 2015 at 9:53 am #831049
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    another victim of surrey business

    stills attached
    stills attached

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