Name one thing that does not make sense in Cycling

[Mattonsea]

Those flash in the pans who will be selling there bikes and going back to the golf course.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Er yes it is. I wore black leggings, black top, black gloves, black hat and black boots today. 6ft 2 of solid black is highly visible.

Yes of course. That'll be why those who work on motorway maintenance for example wear black(!)

 

[ufkacbln]

Yes of course. That'll be why those who work on motorway maintenance for example wear black(!)

The reason that workers wear HiViz is because it is the result of a risk assessment of the danger represented by working in highe speed traffic?

Does the same risk assessment really apply to cyclists on a normal road?

 

[jayonabike]

Yes of course. That'll be why those who work on motorway maintenance for example wear black(!)

FFS

 

[ufkacbln]

Yes of course. That'll be why those who work on motorway maintenance for example wear black(!)

...and drive vehicles with HiViz?

Is that a solid argument for all vehicles having HiViz ?

 

[Mr Celine]

A 28" tyre is too big for a 29" wheel.

 

[Tim Hall]

Tyre sizing (ISO-ETRTO excepted).

 

[Venod]

Tyre sizing (ISO-ETRTO excepted).

Yes it's 700c not 29"
650b not 27.5"

 

[Accy cyclist]

...and drive vehicles with HiViz?

Is that a solid argument for all vehicles having HiViz ?

Yes if those vehicles are parked up on the motorway and the only thing dividing them and vehicles moving at way over 70mph is a row of traffic cones.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Getting the bike out to go half a mile to the shops when it it cold, dark and wet and you have a perfectly good 6 cylinder Jaguar just sat there on the drive doing nothing.

That is indeed bizarrely true and certainly does not make sense. And I do it all the time.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Clipping in when you're using clipless pedals?

 

[Arrowfoot]

Here is another and we do it all the time - the need to cover distance in more or less in a straight line rather than what maybe fun, more picturesque, challenging but circular.

If you showed 10 people 2 routes marked on a map, 1 circular and the other linear but both the same distance, guess which ones would have majority of support in the first instance.

 

[jayonabike]

Yes if those vehicles are parked up on the motorway and the only thing dividing them and vehicles moving at way over 70mph is a row of traffic cones.

Well I don't ride my bike on a motorway, where traffic is moving at 70mph so there is no need to be dressed up like a clown. Like I said before, on the bike dark colours are just as visible as bright ones

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well I don't ride my bike on a motorway, where traffic is moving at 70mph so there is no need to be dressed up like a clown. Like I said before, on the bike dark colours are just as visible as bright ones

To you they are. To others maybe not.

 

[ufkacbln]

Yes if those vehicles are parked up on the motorway and the only thing dividing them and vehicles moving at way over 70mph is a row of traffic cones.

Surely the HiViz is even more important without the row of cones?

One in ten motorway accidents is a collision with a broken down vehicle on the hard shoulder

The argument for HiViz vehicles is reinforced by your statement