shane.young@comcast.net
Easy fix to that is to wear yellow or orange lenses.
There seems to be some misinformation, for the lack of the right word, when it comes to lighting and the "Blind Date". Some of the rules that I have seen for the "Blind Date" do not exist in 24 hour mountain bike racing.
If you have a choice of handle bar vs head lamp lights, it is always best to start with handle bars. They throw shadows on the texture of the ground where headlamps do not. This means that you might not see the bumps in the ground as well if you only used head lamps. But if you can have both it is even better. At night, you learn quickly that riding with yellow or orange lenses dull the light in a way that it doesn't kill your vision. Sorry, I don't know the proper terms to say it in.
Shane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachael Parker"
To: cmurray@obra.org
Cc: ""
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:53:58 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Blind Date nights Lights
With all of the switchbacks headlamps would be shine in other riders
eyes and blingimg them/blowing the contrast of their night vision ?
- Rachael
On Sep 24, 2009, at 3:49 PM, "Candi Murray" wrote:
> Can someone explain to me why head lamps were disallowed last night?
> I don't
> ride at night but I would have thought that they would have been more
> helpful then harmful.
>
> Candi
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