Ive been given a load of black Endura clothing..which is great..but I do feel a tad obscure on the road and wondered is there anyway of making myself more visible at night...ie a cycle specific gilet and not one of the baggy ex surplus/workman type ones.
I obviously use lights on the bike.
Morvelo do a nice one.
Rapha?
Mountain Warehouse have a convertible jacket/gilet.
http://www.mountainwarehouse.com/running-cycling/hi-vis-jackets/mens/flash-convertible-jacket-p11964.aspx?cl=YELLOW
Mavic.
[url= http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/product/RAI/VES ]Ground Effect[/url]
Following your theme [url= http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/361/e9013/endura-laser-gilet---clearance.html ]endura[/url]
I have the Endura Laser, in a small, only worn twice for sale if it helps
£15 posted?
Altura Nightvision Evo
The Endura laser is good.
The proviz stuff looks pretty impressive. Haven't got it myself but on the night time pictures I've seen it stands out like a sore thumb:
http://www.provizsports.com/en_gb/catalog/product/view/id/964/s/reflect360-gilet-reflective-gilet/category/35/
Heres a review of their jacket :
http://road.cc/content/review/137125-proviz-reflect-360-jacket
I have a funkier Gilet with an orange back, it's a nice transparent material elswhere with loads of reflective piping. Tbh I don't like the hi viz bit and wish it was just transparent but that's a pesonal preference its a decent bit of kist for 30/40 quid.
You really need a [url=
Tracer 360 [/url]bloody awesome bit of kit - I looked at buying in the uk but horribly expensive so bought in the US
Rode for 3 hours the other day in the dark and didnt have a single "jesus" moment as people stopped and actually took their time to go past me - really impressed
Like my north wave.
[url= http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/polaris-mens-rbs-cycling-gilet-p103579 ]Polaris RBS, £20 from Go Outdoors.[/url]
proviz as said above
there was a Nike one on sportshoes.com thats super reflective material, not cycle specific though,
also i thought mavic did an orange 3m stripe gillet version of their hi viz jacket
Assos do one which is alright- pretty snug fit so non flappy.
Decathlon do a decent one. Altura Night Vision in a bright colour for daytime.
Montane featherlite gilet comes in high vis, cracking bit of kit.
I love the look of that proviz for full on darkness or even dusk, but I'm not so sure it works for murky winter afternoons when everything (like the jacket) is a little grey.
It's a pity they can't use fluorescent orange as a base colour - fluorescent to reflective would be spectacular.
Still interesting though
my first thought was the morvelo one, but i do like their stuff a lot anyway. it's quite pricey, but looks and sounds like it would be ace.
Another vote for the Morvelo ones here. I love my Project Grey gilet
http://www.morvelo.com/cycling-gilets
Hump do one and so do DHB different colours so stand out a bit more, i have the hump gilet in orange
[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-flashlight-windproof-gilet/ ]DHB Gilet[/url]
Proviz is great for night time but not for dull and cloudy days.
I got a nice Craft one a few years back if they still do it.
Good value too.
If you want something to put over your nice black endura jacket then just get something like and Altura hi viz vest ie the cheap £15 ones and get it taken in. My mother in-law did mine. Great fit. Took her 15mins.
If you want to spend money then there's a number of options out there
Another vote for the Polaris RBS here. Cheap, well-fitting, very light. Nothing to say against it.
I use lights instead, personally.
I've got that craft one from prendas, does the job!
I use lights instead, personally.
Why not as well as ? Can you be too visible ?
I tend to commute outside of peak suicide run times. It's a nice piece of kit, but superfluous. My rucksack has an integral dayglo cover too.