Rear radar - any good?

[Ajax Bay]

your final suspicion: that cyclists are using rear radars to "go faster than they can handle" is just unfounded rubbish and generated by an odd imagination.

An unclouded assessment

Interestingly many years ago I heard similar arguments put forward in relation to cyclists who wear a helmet. 🤔

Just putting the quote you are referencing up there, because the mods have software that detects the word 'h****t' and banishes threads to the outer darkness (which is Advocacy (or something: I rarely go there)).

 

[classic33]

An unclouded assessment

Just putting the quote you are referencing up there, because the mods have software that detects the word 'h****t' and banishes threads to the outer darkness (which is Advocacy (or something: I rarely go there)).

I would say that he'd used the example of something, that some make you feel safer, makes you act in a manner you wouldn't if it you didn't use it.

Similar arguments being put forward over the years for seatbelt use in cars, and the introduction of airbags and increased crumple/impact areas/zones in cars protecting the passengers.

 

[november4]

Not read the whole thread. I don't use a bike computer, just have free app on phone , 'ride with gps', and I use the garmin radar light - proves its worth on country lanes to see cars coming up behind, rely on it really with wind noise, on single track roads stay in road center until car coming either direction. Its especially handy when riding with company, can cycle along side.
I tend to listen to podcasts on bone conductive headphones when cycling to pass the time, and to also be able to hear surroundings, so the radar is used all the time