AWSC has a great article in latest magazine about hand signals...........anyone do ??
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Rode 275 mile yesterday and noticed about 30% of people doing hand signals that indicate their group size were WRONG. Why? Because they spend so much time signalling that other groups caught them from behind; oui.
IMO, once you see a lead sled coming towards you, it is time to slow down and your group will follow suit once they catch up to your snow dust storm.
Bear
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Forget hand signals and get this http://www.communicationsafetysystem.com/RideLite Brochure.pdf
Catching on big time out east.
Catching on big time out east.
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lenny
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Hand signals were a considerate and honest attempt to help sledders maintain a higher level of safety but it doesn't do what it was expected to do ,maybe they should be illegal.
Hope they've improved them.......had them on 2 sleds simultaneously more than a decade ago and both units failed.....never bothered to replace them.......
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Cirrus_Driver
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I used to do hand signals but not anymore. I've seen too many people signaling when two hands on the bars would have been preferable.
Go Fast or Go Home
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I only hand signal at night with mittens on.
Don't know for sure but seem well built. I would install but not sure if peeps in midwest would notice?
Lenny do you have any Ridelites at Pat's? I would like to touch & feel one of these... if you do... I probably would install with a good mount that is NOT obstructing anything. If I install others will so on & so forth. Could be big....
groomerdriver
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When were you out east? Where did you go...Tug Hill? Tug Hill is on my bucket list...not because I've heard it's anything great....it's Tug Hill....an iconic place to ride.
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My two kids that are still at home are just starting to ride. I've told them...keep your hands glued to the bars....DO NOT signal. I will signal "two behind me" in MY group. That's good enough!
"Seem" is the operative word.......neither of mine lasted even a full year........contacted them about replacements and they wanted to SELL me some more at a discount.......trash can they went............
groomerdriver
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Heard lots of the same.....garbage.
I still use hand signals when it seems approriate. However, my wife is new to sledding. We talked on what the hand signals meant. She wanted to follow suit. I "coached" her, we are all much better off if she kept both hands on the bars rather than worring about how many sleds are where.
groomerdriver
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Sheesh...you Admins want it all don't you!
But seriously...my thoughts are:
1. Not all areas of the snowbelt are as busy as the UP or northern Wisconsin.
2. Would you rather know that something is coming at you or nothing at all? As the leader of my groups, I'll take the "something" anytime.
Sheesh...you Admins want it all don't you!
But seriously...my thoughts are:
1. Not all areas of the snowbelt are as busy as the UP or northern Wisconsin.
2. Would you rather know that something is coming at you or nothing at all? As the leader of my groups, I'll take the "something" anytime.
Everyone's opinion is different on this and I totally respect that, but the bottom line is, when on the trail, I always ride like there is someone just around that corner....and on the wrong side of the trail. I am not going to put my safety in the hands (or closed fist as the case might be) of someone else. That is just how I do it. Saved my rear several times and I do not ride the trails much.
-John