{"id":284,"date":"2010-07-23T07:05:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-07-23T07:06:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:06:41","slug":"high-viz-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"High viz kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started\u00a0 getting a little concerned about how visible I was to drivers the other week, especially as I keep hearing stories about cyclists being hit by cars. I decided I needed some fluorescent kit. So I ordered a Montane Featherlite Velo jacket for a start. This is a truly excellent shell to have with you &#8211; it packs down into a tennis ball size bag and yet is comfortable, water resistant and highly fluorescent. Trouble is that I would only be wearing this if it was colder or wetter weather. The standard issue Shipham top that I wear is orange but its still not eye catching enough. I had a search around and came up with a high viz vest type thing make my Brookes. Its light as a feather and wont make any difference to your temperatures, but it has fluorescent netting and large reflective panels. Just the job. So I am now pretty much kitted out. I&#8217;m tempted to go even further with some fluorescent reflective strips on the seat stays&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"My new jacket\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tredz.co.uk\/prodimg\/8894-14447_1_Zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"251\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Hig viz vest\" src=\"http:\/\/s.wiggle.co.uk\/images\/brooks-280046-n-zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started\u00a0 getting a little concerned about how visible I was to drivers the other week, especially as I keep hearing stories about cyclists being hit by cars. I decided I needed some fluorescent kit. So I ordered a Montane Featherlite Velo jacket for a start. This is a truly excellent shell to have with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[98,97,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reubenwilcock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}