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I watched a cycling based video where they tested the recommended feature by only training in exactly the way that the watch told them to for two months. The end result was improvement in every aspect that they measured on before and after the time period so I'm inclined to believe there may be some use to what they are suggesting.

I have however never used that feature even once on mine xD

Except for the fact most vehicles come from directly in front or behind in which case these lights are practically useless.

I use this Resolute Bay jacket -

So I hopefully I stand out fairly well along with all the lights that I run day and night.

I've never understood why people wear black and have little or no lights. Half the people driving are not paying enough attention to other cars, let alone cyclists, even in broad daylight. The more seen and predictable in terms of where I'm travelling I can be, the better!

Where I live it is the law that you have red on the rear, white on the front and amber on the sides of any mode of transport you use. Not that is is enforced properly unfortunately.

It is bliss in comparison to all other options!

My city has a mix of every possible configuration, from no cycle lane, randomly abruptly ended ones, shared paths and the properly separated ones and I would take a properly separated bike lane over all else any day of the week. It is safer for literally everyone involved!

I use a Sony NWZ A15 which is an older player so can probably be had for not much money. Headphone jack and micro SD card.

If your car is newer with one of those integrated head units then you can get a 3.5mm Bluetooth sender for hardly any money.

Yes there are, I listen to the Graphic Audio version which is the "dramatised" version that is fully voice acted for each character. There was one section of what I've listened to so far that it substituted the normal version where the uploaded must have been missing a file and it was jarring and not enjoyable comparatively.

I love Graphic Audio adaptations for anything where I can get them, I've listened to a lot of Sanderson books in this format as well as a few other things like that Gideon Sable book and I always prefer it to just one person reading.

And no worries, let us know how you get on with them :D

Not really, cycle lanes should be part of a road and not a pedestrianised area. All cycle lanes that go along side footpaths with no clear division other than lines just end up being full of idiots obliviously walking unaware of their surroundings.

This is both frustrating as a cyclist and dangerous as bikes move at much higher speeds, especially with the advent of electric bikes allowing unfit people who are not used to controlling a bike and being aware of their surroundings to ride at much higher speeds.

Pedestrianised areas should be for foot traffic only, bike lanes should have their own place alongside roads. The best ones I have used have a curb either side so the footpath is higher than the cycle lane on the left and the road is lower than it on the right making a clear division of traffic.

The fucking worst ones are shared paths and ones with just a line to denote a cycle lane next to busy pedestrianised areas. It is safer to ride on a road with no cycle lane than to try and contend with idiot foot traffic paying no attention, looking at their phones etc.

For me I'll only ever run red lights on the rear and white lights on the front, lights are there for your safety primarily and other road users need to know which direction you are facing and travelling in. I dont want to be a Christmas tree.

I've always found the best way to be seen is to have a light or combination of lights that have an always on elements as well as some kind of flash. The always on element so that you are never in the dark from any direction between a flash and a flash pattern that has a random element. Anything that has a constant predictable flash is likely to be ignored, not always intentionally by the people you want to be seen by due to the predictable nature.

Added on top I have a good reflective jacket and for the cold winter months I wear bib tights that have reflective patches on the legs as well which adds another moving lit up area.

Cthulu Nigiri maybe?

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

Couldn't agree more, bikes belong on the road not on pedestrian pavements!

These delivery drivers are a fucking scourge as well. I have had a few run ins this year with them driving their mopeds through pedestrian areas.

I hope the council do clamp down on this bullshit behaviour but also invest in cycling infrastructure too. I'm lucky where I live has a pretty good network of cycle paths but it is still lacking.

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And thus the perfect example of the subject of this thread was provided.

x'D