Roundabout SMIDSY

[domtyler]

Mike,

Your always telling me to chill out, I think it is my turn now... I think hackers knows that this is a bit of a raw nerve for you so he is trying to yank your chain. Just be thankful that a more intelligent member of the cyclechat community hasn't started posting pro hi-viz comments in this thread, like myself for instance......

Thanks a lot Magna, I have just spat a mouthful of tea all over my monitor!!!

 

[BentMikey]

Magnatom, oh I'm not stressed over it, but I do wonder why Hackers has apparently gotten so wound up. Hackers, sorry mate, I didn't mean to wind you up and make you go off on one.

 

[Origamist]

Well I must be doing something right and if it isn't my hi-viz and reflective strips it must be my wit charm and flashing smile.

Or maybe it's your "larger" frontal profile - a bigger BMI could be your saviour...

 

[magnatom]

Or maybe it's your "larger" frontal profile - a bigger BMI could be your saviour...

No, I think it will be the shopping basket on the front that does it....

 

[magnatom]

Actually, just thinking about it, would I make myself more visible if I had large plastic shopping bags full of shopping hanging from my handlebars, was visibly drunk, and was singing at the top of my voice?
Not that I have seen that sort of thing here in Glasgow, you understand....

 

[Origamist]

Actually, just thinking about it, would I make myself more visible if I had large plastic shopping bags full of shopping hanging from my handlebars, was visibly drunk, and was singing at the top of my voice?
Not that I have seen that sort of thing here in Glasgow, you understand....

I was only partly joking Magnatom - a recent study from NZ (not entirely robust) found that people with a larger BMI were involved in less cycle crashes. Increasing your frontal profile, may make a difference...

 

[magnatom]

I was only partly joking Magnatom - a recent study from NZ (not entirely robust) found that people with a larger BMI were involved in less cycle crashes. Increasing your frontal profile, may make a difference...

Are you sure that they don't just move slower and so have more time to react?

 

[Origamist]

Are you sure that they don't just move slower and so have more time to react?

Actually, according to the same study, slower cyclists were involved in more crashes. But this is another issue.

 

[magnatom]

Actually, according to the same study, slower cyclists were involved in more crashes. But this is another issue.

Origamist,

Which study was this? I'd be interested to see if it is worth eating some more cream buns!

Seriously though I would be interested in reading it.

By the way, if it is not too cheeky to ask, you seem to have an eye on the research, what is you background in this if any?

 

[4F]

I was only partly joking Magnatom - a recent study from NZ (not entirely robust) found that people with a larger BMI were involved in less cycle crashes. Increasing your frontal profile, may make a difference...

Excellent news, the diet stops now.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Actually, according to the same study, slower cyclists were involved in more crashes. But this is another issue.

I would believe this. I feel a lot safer doing 30 mph in traffic than doing 12 mph.

 

[Origamist]

Origamist,

Which study was this? I'd be interested to see if it is worth eating some more cream buns!

Seriously though I would be interested in reading it.

By the way, if it is not too cheeky to ask, you seem to have an eye on the research, what is you background in this if any?

I've cited it previously: http://www.industrializedcyclist.com/conspicuitytaupo.pdf

It's a 2008 study and it's findings are worth discussing at length.

If you go to the industrializedcyclist research pages you will find links to dozens of papers pertaining to cycling and many are well worth reading.

My background: a cyclist of 29 years standing (I do not include the weeks when I had stabilizers).

 

[Origamist]

Excellent news, the diet stops now.

Yep, my 4000 calorie a day habit is not going to be reduced.

 

[MERV]

Magnatom, oh I'm not stressed over it, but I do wonder why Hackers has apparently gotten so wound up. Hackers, sorry mate, I didn't mean to wind you up and make you go off on one.

eh? what?

Im not I was just stating an opinion.

Dunno whats gone wrong here.Are we all smoking Jamacian woodbines or what?

 

[MERV]

No, I think it will be the shopping basket on the front that does it....

You love it.