only a shitty little single LED mounted up on your helmet?
Idiot.
If you can afford all that pointless guff on your [s]fredwagen[/s] commuter, surely you can stump up a few quid on a decent rear light at least?
lupine betty 12 on a £99 decathlon shopper........ 8)
You should really go easy on yourself CFH. I'm sure you just got caught out in the dark unexpectedly. 😉
surely if you could pick out all that detail on the bike it wasn't really that dark?
Responses as expected! 😀
Was at a set of lights early in the morning in That London. Grey, overcast and very poor light conditions overall. Just find it interesting that someone could spend all that money on a bike that's really not suitable for what they're doing with it, and yet not think to buy decent lights! (And yes, this is someone I see on a regular basis on my commute, and he's always in the same gear. Which is primarily all black. )
Responses as expected!
a bit soon for the edinburgh defence?
Fribe
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The extra weight and the aerodynamic loss caused from extra lights would have been detrimental to his KOM attempt on the fearsome Col de Waterloo Bridge strava segment.
CL, this was shortly after cresting the Hors Categorie climb of the Alpe d'Southwark Bridge as it happens. 😀
Yep. Group I've recently started going on the odd road ride with are just like this - full carbon bikes, carbon wheels, Di2 shifty-ness, expensive shoes, helmets, Arsos clothing and the most piddly lights you can imagine.
Half of them only only have one light and clip it to their jersey, so when they are riding it isn't pointing directly backwards and is even less effective.
They find it funny that I have two rear lights and use a powerful front light too.
I find it impossible to believe that someone who works close to Southwark Bridge would have more money than sense. Impossible.
I do see this all the time on my London commute too. It seems this type of expensive pro attire also prevents you from signalling. But even if they did, in the dark you can't see their arms anyway!
I also work very close to the Rapha shop on Brewer St, which doesn't help.
I want a crabon fribe.
I bet he wasn't wearing a hump either.
I can't believe you have all missed the point.
You should NEVER mix Rapha and Assos - even if it is dark!
Sniff
You're quite right. If you're going to wear fashion kit, you must choose one particular look - be it the sporty pro roadie Assos look, the more fashionable espresso drinking Rapha look or the hipster grunge messenger road warrior one.
Otherwise, it's like being a top half EMO with bottom half shamglam.
😉
What about someone on a knackered old GT with rigid forks weaving in and out of traffic on the Hammersmith roundabout (including riding against the traffic) then having a go at other riders for 'not riding properly'?
I found it hilarious. A couple of others didn't.
CFH, did you get his Autograph 😉