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Article #22Re: Reflective tape for night riding
From: Brent Chivers
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 23:45
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 23:45
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In article <87ASBXVR@cc.swarthmore.edu> dpeders1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Pedersen) writes: > Another thing to consider. Someone just mentioned things that stick > out on the left. Improvised jobs have been mentioned here before: > 1. Driveway reflector attached to the mountain rack. > 2. A reflector mounted on heavy duty electrical wire. > The poster called it a Winebago Scratcher.... > > Apparently this sort of thing actually works to keep cars away from you as > they are passing. I guess car drivers are easily confused or something :-> More likely they're worried about scratching their paint. (I don't know why it doesn't occur to them that hitting a bike[er] might mess up more than just their precious paint job.) -- ______________________________________________________________________ Brent Chivers McLean, VA bchivers@mitre.org
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Newsgroups: rec.bicycles Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!soldier.mitre.org!bchivers From: bchivers@soldier.mitre.org (Brent Chivers) Subject: Re: Reflective tape for night riding Message-ID: <1992Oct27.234506.20307@linus.mitre.org> Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: soldier.mitre.org Organization: The MaiTai Corp, McLean, VA References: <Q64RB2VM@cc.swarthmore.edu> <gustilo-221092234705@ts6-29.upenn.edu> <87ASBXVR@cc.swarthmore.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 23:45:06 GMT Lines: 18