Sick of drivers passing me with 3 inches to spare. My mum used to have a truly fugly, bright orange reflector on a stick for her BSA ladies shopper – does anyone know where I can buy one? Less fugly would be good but I suppose they’re fugly by their very nature.

These?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fisher-Safety-Reflector-Arm/dp/B004H1QYG2/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336345017&sr=8-1-fkmr2

you want to mock up a spiky ball on the end of a stick – rubber or papier mache or something

Aah, the power of google

Cheapycheapycheapcheap

http://www.hykehamwholesale.co.uk/store/prodView.asp?idproduct=2020

Used to see a bloke around Manchester who’d attached a football cornerflag to his rack, which stick into the road at 90 degrees to the bike.

Looked like a right tool.

Bregante – yes, that, thanks! Scaredy – perhaps a rear-facing Uzi?

Bregante (again), even better!

OMITN – I bet he’s still alive 😀

OMITN – I bet he’s still alive

If he is, it’s an injustice..!

Actually, it seemed highly confrontational, and plenty of drivers – and cyclists – seemed not to approve….

OK, yes, that’s a bit over the top, but he’d still be less wide than a car. This refletor ^^^ is only 30cm but I can’t buy it as the automated checkout system hasn’t heard of Tyne and Wear 🙁