Making Myself Side-Reflective

[Eden]

I have TireSparx and I love them. I got a set for the hubby as well and several people have commented about how visible they are.

[alpinerabbit]

I have little 3m reflective sticks that go on the spokes. With the turning wheel, they should look like a wide reflective circle. I have about 8 on each wheel.

[Thorn]

I have little 3m reflective sticks that go on the spokes. With the turning wheel, they should look like a wide reflective circle. I have about 8 on each wheel.

Synchornicity....I'd never seen those before today (and I've been looking for a simple solution). I found those at the local bike swap this afternnon (packaged as Relective Chop Spokes). Simple, effective and should work well.

[kfergos]

There are so many good (and often incredibly creative) ways to make yourself visible! I did look into the Schwalbe tires, but they were both back-ordered and unlikely to fit on my bike. Hence this solution.

Opinion question: Should I mark the back wheel with alternating red and white reflective tape, or should I just do all white for both wheels? (I found a roll of red reflective tape at a hardware store and I can't decide if it would look stupid and not be worth it; look stupid and be worth it; or look OK.)

[SouthernBelle]

The Schwalbes are available at Biketiresdirect.com. Ordered them this weekend.

Although they were for the 27" wheels.

[PscyclePath]

All sorts of good ideas here...

My DLG bit the dust awhile back when I got in a hurry hooking it up and the power cable got hooked up in the chainring... haven't gotten around to replacing it just yet... ;-(

I use TireFlys on my valve stems, and get good side visibility with them... and wear a reflective vest that I found at Gander Mountain back the end of the summer. We taped the night ride at the LCI seminar held up in north Arkansas the weekend before last, where pairs of riders went up a stretch of dark road for a couple hundred yards then turned around and came back, while we watched them in the dark, then in the low and high beams of a car positioned there for that purpose. I was surprised to see how bright one rider looked -- sort of like the mothership from Close Encounters -- and when he turned around at the end I saw the TireFlys... it was me!

I still have light lust for a set of Dinottes, though...

[Pedal Wench]

One of the tech blogs i write for had a blog about a new bike paint that's reflective -- it's right under my Sirius XM story, so read that too! www.dvice.com

[smurfalicious]

I have 3M reflective tape on my rims. I got them from my old roommate and he does it to all his wheels. I hate it, personally, but I guess maybe it helps?



Old picture of Miss Candice but you get the idea. Probably sticks better to rims than tires for sure. And there are reflective tires, too. I was halfway into an intersection when some gal tried to plow me over so I can't see it makes a difference when dealing with idiots.