Pedal Bicycles Safety Regulations (PBSR)
Every new bicycle has to come with:
Any hand-operated brakes arranged left-hand rear, right-hand front
A bell
White or yellow reflectors on both sides of each wheel or tyre
A white wide-angle front reflector, or a front lamp
A red wide-angle rear reflector
Yellow reflectors front and rear on each pedal
Exceptions are:
Tiny kids bikes, unicycles, tricycles and recumbents.
There’s also an exemption for bikes that are made to the design and for the use of an individual customer, but only if that customer intends to use the bike in competitive events.
Since the 2010 revision, the expression “bicycle” now includes a substantially complete vehicle (whether or not assembled) even if one or more parts are omitted. This closed the loophole by which retailers used to dodge this regulation by not including pedals.
So although the PX bike was custom (I chose the bits from their selection) and had no pedals, I’ve no plans to use the bike in an event, it’s for commuting and it’s heavily advertised/pushed as a commuter.
So by law I should have been supplied with reflectors. PX could get around it by asking in the build if you will be using the bike for competitive events (as I’ve told them) but they don’t.
I’m in two minds about pushing it further tbh