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How do I make my bike Retroreflective?
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Ya man. 3M actually offers their stuff in lots of colours. Not sure how available all colours are, but anyway. Towing a trailer at night, adding a super-light collapsible framework of fishing rods or bamboo/whatever covered in this tape could present the outline of a huge "unidentified object" where traffic would slow and give a wide berth. Folks are (too) complacent about familiar stuff like bikes... but a bike disguised as a giant freaking Jack-o-Lantern...nutsandvolts said:
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Tapes a good idea. When out in a car, I find the little blinky on most commuters pretty hard to see. Even though it's a flashing light, it's usually small and dim, and not all that easy to see. With the rider in a black shirt, it could be like, " what was that flashing thing I just hit?" I covered the back of my battery boxes with tape, to make a larger reflective area. I'm less worried about a side impact, since I don't trust em to start with and don't count on anybody stopping.
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You can go truly "retro" with those 80's metallic flashy stickers that reflects holographic or rainbow like spectrum...
It was often used in project enclosures for remote control bombers in 80's action/thriller movies
what the hell was it called!
Help me out here, I'm feeling nostalgic! And where can get some these days?
Today's teens love that retro stuff..
Where's that Link person? He would probably know.. :lol:
It was often used in project enclosures for remote control bombers in 80's action/thriller movies
what the hell was it called!
Help me out here, I'm feeling nostalgic! And where can get some these days?
Today's teens love that retro stuff..
Where's that Link person? He would probably know.. :lol:
spinningmagnets
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When I was young, I wore black as a skinny teen trying to look cool. I still don't wear pink, but I am old enough that weaing "high visibility" yellow or orange along with reflective tape is the least I can do in response to the day-dreaming car drivers.
I can easily find white and red tape at the 18-wheel truck store, it is high-quality stuff, but not the cheapest. What sites ave the least expensive reflective tape?
I can easily find white and red tape at the 18-wheel truck store, it is high-quality stuff, but not the cheapest. What sites ave the least expensive reflective tape?
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Red and white vinyl reflective tape for brilliant visibility day or night.
Strong, weather-resistant backing
Great for marking vehicles, trailers, bikes, boats, and marine buoys
3-1/4 lb. adhesive strength
Overall dimensions: 2" W x 71-1/2" L x 0.04" H
Weight: 2 oz.
ITEM 98314-2VGA
$4.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98314
Is good, use it on my trucks.
John in CR
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Some day maybe we'll be able to project a hologram around our bikes. Riding around projecting an image that we're a Mack truck or a bulldozer or a 747 would be the berries.
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All for reflectorizing the bike with stick ons.
BUT, what for those of us who want to keep the OEM look of the sparkling black LIME paint?
I wish I'd had these on LIME #1 that night a month or so ago when SHE t-boned me, rolling
through the McDonald's lot's stop sign. Destroyed Lime #1, a BLACK bike. But ho! I waggled an 80 lumen
flash light in her eyes...she looked shocked, slowed down, but did not stop! Brain in neutral.
Anywho, I had these
http://www.amazon.com/LIGHT-TIRE-SPARX-VALVE-BATT/dp/B000AO7ED2/ref=pd_sbs_auto_4
on my ebike, not on the LIME#1, and, oh, TOO LATE, post accident,realized:
I should've put them on Lime #1 for that first night ride!
But I didn't! STUPID ME. I went out in BLACK with a white shirt, and blinkies and a tactical LED to waggle,
but even so: got crashed-into, though I had on a WHITE shirt at four AM on a BRIGHTLY lit, wide sidewalk, in front of the all-night
Pigfood Palace: McRonalds. :|
In green, these automatic (motion activates the "switch),this brand and model,
they are similar, yet much more "powerful" than the old Tireflys of a few years ago.
I won't ride at night now without the GREEN Tiresparx.
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LIME #2 looks just too good to muck it up with life-saving reflector tape. That's just my choice, not a safe choice.
That, black bike, blinkies, and the Tiresparx in BRIGHT GREEN BLUR, and a hand held 80 lumen flash light that I wave about... whenever cars are about,
plus sure, as said, the usual Planet Bike semi-useful blinkies, front and rear.
I'll still get creamed again. I can just feel it coming on... :lol: BAM!
But, fluorescent green is THE most nighttime-visible color.
Many of us do not see red, hardly at all. Red is really dim color to my eyes.
Green rocks at night and the wheels do not look "gay" like they would if I had "light and motion" jiggers on 'em.
They just whorl green at speed, and give excellent side visibility. And the hand held...
"Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!"
"Dont yell and shout and wave it about, or the rest will be wanting one too!"
Am also liking the Cateye wireless odo and the Planet Bike fenders just fitted (required a lot of detail care to make them clear the Hanks).
No rattle, all black bike, looks like a guy's bike, and....if only it were all in a reflective color, then that'd be perfect.
But, Black is the most masculine color for a cruiser. Ergo, I'll just light it up like Xmas. It's my funeral, at any speed.
Seriously. I choose to die colorfully...not as a whimper. Celebrate that, then, please? Seriously!
(I knew you'd laugh and say "SURE WE'LL CELEBRATE. JUST SEND US THE BEER IN ADVANCE." :lol: :lol: :lol:
BUT, what for those of us who want to keep the OEM look of the sparkling black LIME paint?
I wish I'd had these on LIME #1 that night a month or so ago when SHE t-boned me, rolling
through the McDonald's lot's stop sign. Destroyed Lime #1, a BLACK bike. But ho! I waggled an 80 lumen
flash light in her eyes...she looked shocked, slowed down, but did not stop! Brain in neutral.
Anywho, I had these
http://www.amazon.com/LIGHT-TIRE-SPARX-VALVE-BATT/dp/B000AO7ED2/ref=pd_sbs_auto_4
on my ebike, not on the LIME#1, and, oh, TOO LATE, post accident,realized:
I should've put them on Lime #1 for that first night ride!
But I didn't! STUPID ME. I went out in BLACK with a white shirt, and blinkies and a tactical LED to waggle,
but even so: got crashed-into, though I had on a WHITE shirt at four AM on a BRIGHTLY lit, wide sidewalk, in front of the all-night
Pigfood Palace: McRonalds. :|
In green, these automatic (motion activates the "switch),this brand and model,
they are similar, yet much more "powerful" than the old Tireflys of a few years ago.
I won't ride at night now without the GREEN Tiresparx.
~~
LIME #2 looks just too good to muck it up with life-saving reflector tape. That's just my choice, not a safe choice.
That, black bike, blinkies, and the Tiresparx in BRIGHT GREEN BLUR, and a hand held 80 lumen flash light that I wave about... whenever cars are about,
plus sure, as said, the usual Planet Bike semi-useful blinkies, front and rear.
I'll still get creamed again. I can just feel it coming on... :lol: BAM!
But, fluorescent green is THE most nighttime-visible color.
Many of us do not see red, hardly at all. Red is really dim color to my eyes.
Green rocks at night and the wheels do not look "gay" like they would if I had "light and motion" jiggers on 'em.
They just whorl green at speed, and give excellent side visibility. And the hand held...
"Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!"
"Dont yell and shout and wave it about, or the rest will be wanting one too!"
Am also liking the Cateye wireless odo and the Planet Bike fenders just fitted (required a lot of detail care to make them clear the Hanks).
No rattle, all black bike, looks like a guy's bike, and....if only it were all in a reflective color, then that'd be perfect.
But, Black is the most masculine color for a cruiser. Ergo, I'll just light it up like Xmas. It's my funeral, at any speed.
Seriously. I choose to die colorfully...not as a whimper. Celebrate that, then, please? Seriously!
(I knew you'd laugh and say "SURE WE'LL CELEBRATE. JUST SEND US THE BEER IN ADVANCE." :lol: :lol: :lol:
I worked as a volunteer at world special olympics(kennedy's pet prj) in the 80's.3m had just come out w/it and literally donated a semi of the stuff.armbands and anything that moved plastered.Roving hoards of people looked like a giant blob undulating into the night.another product is the vinyl they use for auto,vans boats.holographic,reflective, all kinds.In daylight you're definitely going to be noticed.this is sold on internet fo 4-6bucks a roll.I go to a shop in town that does vinyl sgns and they load me up w/all the leftovers.My special needs friends go nuts w/ it,decorating bikes,modelcars anything you want.I made a huge kite to fly with them and it visable from a long ways off and quite ufo like.they use it for gift bags also.
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That black reflective tape is great!
My recumbent and Norco MTB is black and my Iron Horse MTB is white with black parts. Now I can tape everything up and be reflective at night, thanks for the tip. For night riding, my helmet has a Planet Bike rear flasher that auto levels so cars know my height. A 1/2 watt Super Flash stays solidly lit and a Cat Eye 10 LED flasher is off to the side. I have reflective tape on my helmet along with a 180 lumen LED helmet light so it is pretty obvious there is something there.
My friends tell me the flashers can be seen from half a mile back and they know it's me. The helmet light really helps since most drivers generally don't see a light moving around, very easy to spot. The added bonus is I can look at drivers at side streets with a little 180 lumen motivation, a little fun to wake them up in the morning. My Schwalbe Marathon tires have reflective sidewalls which really light up the sides of my bent. Now that I can get black reflective tape, I can add more to the frame to give a very odd looking shape. I find the recumbent is generally avoided by cars but the MTB might as well be invisible. Once the black Norco is electrified, I need to get a few rolls of that black reflective tape along with two of those new Planet Bike two 1/2 watt red LED flashers, one solid, one flashing should work.
My recumbent and Norco MTB is black and my Iron Horse MTB is white with black parts. Now I can tape everything up and be reflective at night, thanks for the tip. For night riding, my helmet has a Planet Bike rear flasher that auto levels so cars know my height. A 1/2 watt Super Flash stays solidly lit and a Cat Eye 10 LED flasher is off to the side. I have reflective tape on my helmet along with a 180 lumen LED helmet light so it is pretty obvious there is something there.
My friends tell me the flashers can be seen from half a mile back and they know it's me. The helmet light really helps since most drivers generally don't see a light moving around, very easy to spot. The added bonus is I can look at drivers at side streets with a little 180 lumen motivation, a little fun to wake them up in the morning. My Schwalbe Marathon tires have reflective sidewalls which really light up the sides of my bent. Now that I can get black reflective tape, I can add more to the frame to give a very odd looking shape. I find the recumbent is generally avoided by cars but the MTB might as well be invisible. Once the black Norco is electrified, I need to get a few rolls of that black reflective tape along with two of those new Planet Bike two 1/2 watt red LED flashers, one solid, one flashing should work.