Lifepaint?

[carelesschucca]

So would you spray your bike with this stuff?

LIFEPAINT

[BanannaMan]

Push bike maybe but how often do you ride a push bike in the dark?

[Dipper]

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

Push bike maybe but how often do you ride a push bike in the dark?

About 2000 miles a year.

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by Dipper

About 2000 miles a year.

Well there you are!
This paint was made for you!




Truthfully I rarely ride the motorcycle in the dark anymore as I don't see as well at night as I used to.
Er..which means this paint was made to protect you from people like me.

[keith_d]

Unfortunately, it only lasts for a week or so before it washes off. I'd go for strategically placed strips of this stuff:

http://www.crew-safe.co.uk/acatalog/...tive-Tape.html

It's made for marine applications so it should be pretty durable.

[Dipper]

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

Well there you are!
This paint was made for you!




Truthfully I rarely ride the motorcycle in the dark anymore as I don't see as well at night as I used to.
Er..which means this paint was made to protect you from people like me.

Hee hee that made me laugh ...I'd better get a couple of barrels on order!

Seriously though, this stuff is probably pointless, well placed reflectives on your gear are probably just as effective, I've got a cycling jacket that's covered in reflective dots, they're barely visible in daylight but very effective at night ....I'd be interested a motorcycling equivalent if I was riding regularly at night.

Seems like a good idea initially, but on thinking about it a little more, I am not sure how effective it would be. Its only reflective when you are in the car's headlight, but in my experience this is not the danger time. It cars changing lanes into you, or the dreaded left hook (where the car just turn left across your path). All the clips of crashes they showed in the video would not have been prevented by this stuff.

The only advantage I can see is after the crash. When the driver is saying "sorry mate I didn't see you". It will highlight the fact that they didn't see you because the didn't look even vaguely in your direction.

There has been a similar thing with High Viz. In isolation, or on an industrial site it works very well, on the roads its not that helpful. There are so many people with high viz (not to mention a lot of shops/vans etc using hgh viz paint) that is has become very difficult to differentiate someone being in the way from background noise.

A decent light front and rear, and vigilance is all you need.

[jambo]

The fact it can be applied to clothing is quite cool.

What I'm thinking of here are the people that throw a black north face jacket over their normal gear, or have a bag that can move to obscure their lights when they are cycling.

Id imagine you'd see reflected light so as long as you were being hit by someone's headlights (this is London, you're generally 6ft from a rat and 3ft from a vehicle) hopefully it would help.

Generally, however, I'd say reflective tape on the lid and bike would do fine and the difference between a hopeless front & rear light and a good one is quite marked.

Jambo

[Steve_God]

I would... the fact it's clear in the day, but stands out in the evening, is a clear winner for me!

It's interesting that the cycling lobby have come out against it - they seem to be moving in a similar direction to us, which is to call companies out for trying to shift the blame onto the victims.

http://road.cc/content/news/147529-v...es-fly-shelves