Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
If it is really smoky, I hope your flashing taillights are really bright. I have ridden in fog but never in heavy smoke, knowing that I had flashers on made me less nervous.
If there is smoke bad enough that I am worried about being seen I have long since stopped having fun due to inhaling smoke. Smoke levels that you barely notice visibly or maybe don't see at all can be pretty unpleasant. I have cut backpacking or bike trips short due to smoke a couple times. Once it was only the smoke and once it was HAPE that I suspect distant smoke (not thick enough to be visible) and the heat both contributed to. Both times were pretty miserable, both were bad for my health, and one was probably downright dangerous.