Thursday, August 21, 2008

It's a small thing.


Another crappy cellphone pic.

I ride reflectorized (the best defense is offensive attire).

When I stick my hand out to signal, it isn't. So I took a small strip of reflectorized material, cut it to size, and stuck it on the tabs of my fashionably retro-grouch cycling gloves. Now when I stick my hand out, up, or down in low light conditions, the back of my hand is illuminated by the lights of any vehicles coming up behind me.

Why don't glove manufacturers do this? Or do they, and I don't know it?

Like I said, it's a small thing.

2 comments:

stu42j said...

If you are more into futuristic than fashionably retro, you could get one of these:

http://www.safeturn.com/

PM Summer said...

That's cool. However, I wouldn't describe myself as "fashionably retro"... more "cheap Scots/German retro".