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I've been considering my commuting visibility lately, it's not too bad but there's always room for improvement so Can anyone recommend any reflective stickers or tapes that I could apply to my Commuter?

At the minute I'm thinking some Yellow, white or red chevrons on the seat stays might be a starting point...


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 10:06 am
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Quite a lot of it is rubbish tbh. Useful word to look for is retro-reflective, old-school reflectives are awful by comparison.

I got a sheet of Respro stuff cheap but it's usually too expensive, for what's basically just a sheet of 3M retroreflective self-adhesive. But simple, at least.


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 11:04 am
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http://www.moglo.co.uk/ I had 'tape by the metre' Reflective Black Stealth Tape, stuck it on the black parts on my bike and 4x 2" strips on the wheels very efective ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 11:39 am
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Well thats a good point, I was googling this, and can't quite seem to find out if any of the 3M tapes or coatings are accepted as BS6102-2 compliant or not. my thinking there was that a couple of strips of of yellow scotchlite tape on my SPDs and a square of red on my seat post would serve to make me legally compliant without much effort or crappy plastic reflectors that inevitably get smashed, but only if 3M have had their tapes tested against BS6102-2 (or equivalent)....


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 11:51 am
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ebay search 3m reflective tape
lots to choose from


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 11:54 am
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some of the ebay stuff - esp the black, is not very reflective
I would guess it is black paint in silver foil TBH


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 12:07 pm
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Don't forget side-on visibility. Your lights largely cover fore and aft and people forget about the side.


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 12:15 pm
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I got these respro ones

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Think they come in black too, but scotchbrite so reflect car headlights.


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 12:26 pm
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I use stuff like [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140986092390?var=440130953400&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 ]this[/url] in black.
The black stuff is perfectly fine and will light up as soon as any light hits it, plus if you have a black bike, it doesn't make it look a mess during the day if you had multi coloured tape on it.
This is my winter bike using a flash and you can see everywhere the tape is ~

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Posted : 26/06/2013 12:34 pm
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3M tape won't satisfy BS6102-2, it tests the reflectors as a whole, not just the reflectiveness of the reflector. (though, isn't it a redundant standard now anyway, I thought we'd gone Confusing European Standards?)


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 1:05 pm
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Check out Lomo I think they sell some.


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 1:57 pm
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Clas Ohlsen shops also have rolls of reflective tape


 
Posted : 26/06/2013 2:01 pm