Product news: The Ortlieb High Visibility bags combine the usual high quality with high practicality and thanks to reflective material, they provide an additional safety advantage that today’s cyclists can do better than ever before.
As a cyclist you are – on deserted country roads or in the crowded city center – a full-fledged road user. Nevertheless, one often feels a bit like fair game: helmet out, helmet ago, against the several hundred kilograms of heavy car you just have little to oppose and is almost continuously in a dangerous situation. No question, that should not be and the causes can be discussed for hours; bad traffic planning, inattentive road users or sometimes simply bad luck.
Ortlieb High Visibility
As a cyclist, you can do very little for your own safety in many situations. Wherever it is possible, you should take appropriate measures. This undoubtedly includes visible in traffic, especially during the dark season. The StVZO prescribes a corresponding lighting system. In addition, reflectors are also mandatory: front and rear, on or in the spokes and the pedals.
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However, especially in winter and in difficult visibility conditions, a lighting system according to StVZO is in many situations not sufficient to be recognized by other road users, even from a distance, quickly enough. This is where Ortlieb’s High Visibility products come in: Smaller and larger bike bags that, thanks to their reflective properties, significantly improve visibility not only in the dark – and at the same time are very good bags for proven Ortlieb quality.
Proven Ortlieb quality means in particular: Robust and waterproof. All Ortlieb High Visibility line bags use a special reflective fabric. To put it simply, it is a multi-woven, special plastic that is extremely resistant and at the same time completely waterproof thanks to its PU coating. In keeping with the principles of Ortlieb, all bags are made in Germany and of course are free of PVC.
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All bags of the High Visibility line are available in a discreet and inconspicuous black at first glance. However, the upper material is traversed by a reflective yarn over its entire surface, which causes the packet to illuminate brightly with incident light (e.g., car headlights). For many “reflection muffle” even a big point of criticism should be omitted, because not everyone is a fan of bright neon colors on the bike.
But even neon-friends will find the Ortlieb High Visibility Bags: The models Back-Roller. Sport-Roller, Ultimate6 and Velocity are also available in bright yellow, which is very visible even in normal daylight and thus improves safety.
The Ortlieb High Visibility bags presented briefly
Ortlieb’s High Visibility line currently includes seven bags: including six classic pannier rack, frame and saddle panniers and the well-known and popular Velocity rucksack. The luggage carrier bags can be attached partly by QL 2.1 systems, partly by QL 3.1.