I commute on my monster and almost always wear a backpack while doing so. I want to make myself a little more visible to the Orange County texting-absorbed a-holes.
I wear this:
(http://www.voodootactical.net/images/Product/medium/815.jpg)
and was thinking I could insert some kind of LED tube in the MOLLE straps, powered by batteries. I was imagining an upsidedown U with the ends in the far left/right straps, the U roughly following the contours of that pocket.
Unrelated, I'm also planning to add some reflective tape to my helmet, front and back. Trying to address all angles of visibility that I can.
I thought it'd be pretty easy to find some kind of LED tube or flexible strip that would work but I can't seem to find anything online, any ideas?
There are others, but this is one...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/riderlight/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/riderlight/)
niteize.com has some adaptable things in their L.E.D. section....
You can just throw on a bicycle LED flasher.
Another option is to iron on some 3m reflective fabric.
I use a bicycle flasher light...
I haven't been rear ended.........yet
Q
EL Wire
http://www.instructables.com/id/El-Wire-Backpack/ (http://www.instructables.com/id/El-Wire-Backpack/)
the problem I have with EL Wire is it disapears as soon as light hits it...it has a tendancy to be washed out practically...L.E.D. is less probelmatic in this regard from my experience due to the light output...
I have an older version of this:
http://www.niteize.com/collections/led/products/clip-on-marker (http://www.niteize.com/collections/led/products/clip-on-marker)
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/5752/products/ClipOnMarker_06_large.jpeg?102510)
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/5752/products/ClipOnMarker_01_large.jpeg?102510)
Lights up either a on steady or pulsing flash.
I also have a reflective safety triangle thingy that I clip to my pack as well. I found it in a bicycle shop as well.