Cycling in fog.
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spandex
I love Dr D
Keep your lights on and ride like it was at night
spandex
I love Dr D
To be safe I would get them on there
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Lights - you need those lights on.
Plus - fluorescents to make the most of the daylight - picks you out from the surrounding gloom
and
reflectives - any motorists around driving with lights on - their lights will pick up your reflectives - again making you more visible.
Plus - fluorescents to make the most of the daylight - picks you out from the surrounding gloom
and
reflectives - any motorists around driving with lights on - their lights will pick up your reflectives - again making you more visible.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Just been out for an easy 30 miler, it was *very* foggy here in Biggin Hill. Lovely ride though.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Fog is great for aligning beams as I discovered last night. Also found that as with cars a brighter light is less effective. Glad one of my lights has LED and Halogen bulbs and allows me to alternate. The LED was far more effective.
Whereas for to be seen some of the lower powered LED lights aren't bad compared to their much brighter counter parts in more normal conditions, bright LEDs come into their own in fog. Fairly good rear systems like cateye el-1100 and Marses show up fairly well too relative to their much more underpowered brothers and sisters.
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
lights aside, fog can get pretty cold. i wore 2 pairs of socks plus overshoes yesterday, and it was just enough.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Overshoes are helpful, but nowhere near as good as proper winter boots. Toasty warm!
Amanda P
Legendary Member
- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
The thing to watch with lights in fog is that many lights shine light sideways and upwards as well as forwards.
Normally, this is great for making you visible from the side. But any upwards-shining light will light up the fog in front of your face, making it harder for you to see through it.
Fortunately, this is usually easy to fix with a judiciously applied bit of black insulting tape.
I was out yesterday - foggy in the morning, but it cleared up and was beautiful in the afternoon. Then freezing fog as it got dark again. On the last bit getting home, I met the local roadie club coming the other way. Those guys had some seriously bright lights!
The frontal surfaces of me and the bike were covered in a thin layer of ice when I got home!
Normally, this is great for making you visible from the side. But any upwards-shining light will light up the fog in front of your face, making it harder for you to see through it.
Fortunately, this is usually easy to fix with a judiciously applied bit of black insulting tape.
I was out yesterday - foggy in the morning, but it cleared up and was beautiful in the afternoon. Then freezing fog as it got dark again. On the last bit getting home, I met the local roadie club coming the other way. Those guys had some seriously bright lights!
The frontal surfaces of me and the bike were covered in a thin layer of ice when I got home!
soulful dog
Veteran
- Location
- Glasgow
I went out twice over the weekend but didn't go very far either time. Yesterday morning the roads were a bit icy in places and today I was just too cold and murky in the fog. Found it much harder work in the cold today as well.
