Screaming Yellow

Yellow is good for cycling. Screaming yellow is even better. Both of these are great choices for being seen while riding. Not a social status kind of 'being seen,' but the kind that will keep you on the road and some auto's bumper up your a**. Screaming yellow or high-viz yellow, as it is sometimes called is fantastic for any kind of lighting situation when you want to be seen. So clearly, it is good for cycling.

When I ordered my Michelin Pro3 tires to put on my GURU for Ironman Louisville, I clicked on the color 'yellow' when I had to select the color I wanted. I figured this would bring together my sunflower yellow and silver helmet. Everything else on my bike is black, white, and red. It was a reasonable plan. However, when my tires arrived, they were not the sunflower yellow, like my helmet, but rather they were the screaming/high-viz yellow like my Pearl Izumi cycling jersey I wear when in lower light conditions. I could have returned the tires. I could have exchanged them for the color red. They would have looked nice. I know because that's what was on the bike before. They looked quite nice actually. Instead however, I decided to just screw conventional wisdom and I put these screaming/high-viz yellow bad boys on. So, if you are in Louisville, and you miss the black and white GURU with screaming/high-viz yellow tires, I really can't be blamed for this.

They look pretty awesome. At least that's what I've committed to telling myself and believing. Regardless, I have new tires and tubes and my triathlon bike. I'll go for a short spin Wednesday to make sure everything is good, and then all I'll have to do is clean it, tighten a couple screws, and my GURU will be good to go.

So, here's to screaming/high-viz yellow.

Peace.