Cycling home tonight, dark country lane, looked behind and saw a silhouette of a bloke on a bike. Stealth Cyclist. All in black, no lights. Fookin crapped myself!!!! Then realised it was the kid (i say kid... about 18) that I'd seen crossing the traffic lights about 10 mins before. Let him catch up, gave him my reflective ankle straps and turned out he was going to see his mom in my village. He'd got caught out in the dark and was trying to steal my light... so i did the decent thing and let him use my beam of light. He's frickin lucky i was around, no way would he have made it down that country lane with no lights.
Stealth Cyclist
- Thread starter buggi
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Ah I know that one. Driving into work today came down the road and just caught the sight of a girl on a bike no lights no hi viz nothing. A bit daft when you think that it was 04.00 am. And.it was an unlit country road. Did she not realise at that time off day it was DARK. My misses says when I go out the door I look like a mobile xmas tree on steriods.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
some crazy people out there
ScotiaLass
Guru
- Location
- Middle Earth
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Lesson learned. Very kind of you !
Nortones2
Guru
- Location
- Burbage, Derbyshire
Burglars, poachers?
Almost as good as cyclists who have one rear light on the top of a rucksack, obviously looks OK when standing but once on a bike becomes invisible, except to low flying aircraft.
Yep see that A LOT in London. I am starting to get this impulse to open my passenger window and tell these ninja's i can't see them as speeds are low enough to have a conversation.
akb
Veteran
- Location
- Potton, Bedfordshire
Ive never understood the point of bag mounts for rear lights for this very reason. Keep it on a fixed position is surely the sensible option?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Twelve Spokes
Time to say goodbye again...
- Location
- CS 2
If I gave a away reflective straps and lights for this sort of thing down the Mile End Road I'd go bust.
I'm a girl. That's why i crapped myself lolCrazy and scary!! I would have screamed
Nice chap to help him out
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I think it quite likely that cyclists who have never driven are quite unaware of the fact that car drivers are practically blind at night without lights whereas cyclists can usually manage quite well unless there is a combination of no moon and a thickly wooded area.
jessculter
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Aberdeen
My commute home takes me on an old disused railway line. Ive good lights but every now and then I take a look behind just in case. It's pitch dark this time of year but it does keep me motivated to keep a decent speed up.