Hi-viz tabbard that doesn't act like an air-brake?

[XmisterIS]

I have given up wearing my hi-viz tabbard, because it is so baggy in the mid-section that it fills up like a parachute and acts like an air-brake when I am riding at speed. It also makes me look even more like the hunchback of Notre Dame than I already do ...

What's required is one that has fully adjustable straps around the waist so you can yank it in tight.

Any suggestions?

 

[MickL]

What about the string vest type ? Currently for sale in Poundland for £1

 

[BentMikey]

Don't bother wearing one?

 

[magnatom]

Don't bother wearing one?

Oh oh!

 

[Davywalnuts]

I've recently brought this and love it. very close fitting too and, probably the best £1.35 ive even spent on cycling!

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=C0920

 

[Brahan]

I'm seriously considering buying one. A very near miss (3 inches) at a round about last night and this morning whilst going straight on at a roundabout a car approaching from my left didn't slow down (even after I dazzled him with my 700 lumen helmet mounted light!!) and I had to step on it HARD so get out of danger - he clipped my back wheel and buckled it. Somehow I managed to stay on but the car never stopped.

 

[BentMikey]

I'm seriously considering buying one. A very near miss (3 inches) at a round about last night and this morning whilst going straight on at a roundabout a car approaching from my left didn't slow down (even after I dazzled him with my 700 lumen helmet mounted light!!) and I had to step on it HARD so get out of danger - he clipped my back wheel and buckled it. Somehow I managed to stay on but the car never stopped.

If he didn't see 700 lumens of head torch, you don't seriously expect him to see a tabard, right?

 

[Brahan]

If he didn't see 700 lumens of head torch, you don't seriously expect him to see a tabard, right?

I'm no longer going to expect anything.

 

[CatherineB]

I use a reflective yellow Sam Browne belt which seems to work pretty well. Along with the reflective slap-wraps around ankles and wrists to match, I look like an utter tit, which is the point, right?

I also sometimes use a spare LED that attaches with an elastic loop to pull my hair back, just to ensure I look completely ridiculous.

 

[monkeypony]

I'm seriously considering buying one. A very near miss (3 inches) at a round about last night and this morning whilst going straight on at a roundabout a car approaching from my left didn't slow down (even after I dazzled him with my 700 lumen helmet mounted light!!) and I had to step on it HARD so get out of danger - he clipped my back wheel and buckled it. Somehow I managed to stay on but the car never stopped.

Maybe its not such a great idea to dazzle drivers as they approach roundabouts.....

 

[sheddy]

Yer doing it wrong. Don't do it up, just let it fly like a flag

 

[Brahan]

Maybe its not such a great idea to dazzle drivers as they approach roundabouts.....

Obviously, I give them a quick flash (fnarr fnarr) rather than a full on dazzle, just to give them a bit of a heads up. Bearing in mind the car was a good distance away but moving quickly - I had no choice but to try and warn him that there was a cyclist who had the right of way. This guy was just in a world of his own.

 

[brokenbetty]

I use a reflective yellow Sam Browne belt which seems to work pretty well. Along with the reflective slap-wraps around ankles and wrists to match, I look like an utter tit, which is the point, right?

I also sometimes use a spare LED that attaches with an elastic loop to pull my hair back, just to ensure I look completely ridiculous.

I love your style! Work that bike dork look

I wear civilian kit to ride in so I can always nip in for a swift after-work pint.

Once on the bike I make myself look like a tit with a pink hi viz tabbard that says "ninja inside" on the back, slap-wraps for hand signals, a purple helmet and and a floral pannier bag with high viz tags on.

It's amazing how much nicer drivers are to me than when I wore identikit yellow fluro jacket and black tights :?:

 

[hackbike 666]

Obviously, I give them a quick flash (fnarr fnarr) rather than a full on dazzle, just to give them a bit of a heads up. Bearing in mind the car was a good distance away but moving quickly - I had no choice but to try and warn him that there was a cyclist who had the right of way. This guy was just in a world of his own.

Give him a blast with the old horn.(fnarr fnarr)

This guy was just in a world of his own.

This may be the clue you are looking for.

 

[J4CKO]

I love your style! Work that bike dork look

I wear civilian kit to ride in so I can always nip in for a swift after-work pint.

Once on the bike I make myself look like a tit with a pink hi viz tabbard that says "ninja inside" on the back, slap-wraps for hand signals, a purple helmet and and a floral pannier bag with high viz tags on.

It's amazing how much nicer drivers are to me than when I wore identikit yellow fluro jacket and black tights :?:

Mainly pink with a purple helmet......