Reflective Clothing Psychology - Your Thoughts...

[matticus]

Moving your arm up and down when signalling to move right will make it a signal to slow down or stop
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Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/signals-to-other-road-users

... but very few people know this. And
... no-one is expecting a cyclist to use this signal with this meaning. (your picture shows a car)

 

[freiston]

I got some ankle socks from Aldi that have a reflective spot at the back. My shoes also have reflective stripes, though my pedals don't have reflectors, or any means of adding them.

It was because of the pedal reflectors that I bought Shimano PD-T400 when replacing the stock pedals for SPD on my bike. They're Click'R and the first time that I had used Click'R but I'm not a racer or a segment chaser so I'm not overly concerned about a vice-like hold. They still do the job of keeping my feet on the pedals just about all the time but my shoes have become detached from the pedals a couple of times - once belting it a >30mph downhill on a bumpy road and once spinning at probably over 120rpm in a sprint when messing about when out with my nephew (silly old git me).

 

[NorthernSky]

"Take a brush, to your bike."

You know it makes sense.


View: https://youtu.be/1MFuSMz1zh0

my mum foolishly let me and my sisters paint our bikes one sunny summers day (nagging we were bored probably)
unattended, we proceeded to paint the coal bunker, the shed and anything else in our path 🚲

 

[freiston]

... but very few people know this. And
... no-one is expecting a cyclist to use this signal with this meaning. (your picture shows a car)

None of that is good enough reason for giving a signal that means one thing when intending to do the opposite. Further down the linked page:

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

None of that is good enough reason for giving a signal that means one thing when intending to do the opposite. Further down the linked page: View attachment 610644

The glaring omission from this is the fact that with your hand mid air, you are not A) closing the throttle or B) using the front brake

 

[freiston]

The glaring omission from this is the fact that with your hand mid air, you are not A) closing the throttle or B) using the front brake

That does not change the fact that the signal is intended (ergo can be expected) to be used by people on two wheels or that the signal should not be used to indicate a right turn.

 

[matticus]

None of that is good enough reason for giving a signal that means one thing when intending to do the opposite.

Well it's not the opposite, is it??

Perhaps we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Some of us will no doubt continue to wave our arms around, and I doubt that many catastrophes will result 👍

 

[cougie uk]

I got some ankle socks from Aldi that have a reflective spot at the back. My shoes also have reflective stripes, though my pedals don't have reflectors, or any means of adding them.

A bit of 3M reflective tape will stick on any pedal body.
If you want the Stealth look then you can get black reflective but it's not as bright as the lighter coloured tapes.

Taking a flash photo of your kit in the dark at a distance will give you an idea of how reflective you are.

 

[C R]

A bit of 3M reflective tape will stick on any pedal body.
If you want the Stealth look then you can get black reflective but it's not as bright as the lighter coloured tapes.

Taking a flash photo of your kit in the dark at a distance will give you an idea of how reflective you are.

The pedals are "buried" in the sole of my shoe when riding, so no amount of reflective tape is going to make them visible. The reflective in the back of the shoe is rather bright under a flashlight, so it plays the same role as the pedal reflector. This is in my road bike, which I don't ride in traffic in the dark. My commuter/shop bike OTOH is covered in reflectors and reflective tape, plus flashing and fixed lights back and front in both bikes.

 

[Hover Fly]

A while back, before the internet was common, a well known local was run over and at the trial it was pointed that he was walking in dark clothes so the driver got a lesser sentence. I’m not going to let a bad driver use an excuse like that so it’s light clothes, reflectors and BS marked lights for me.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Many years ago I lived in North Wales and to get home we had to drive up a very steep hill on a narrow single track road.
The road was a normal route for people walking into town from the local estate
It was overhung by a lot fo big trees and only had one street light

One evening in the middle of winter I was driving up it and just managed to notice about 3-4 young people walking down the hill - only just noticed them because they were going to Army Cadets and were wearing camouflage

Sometimes it almost seems like the local teenagers copy their example while riding their bikes around here!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It was because of the pedal reflectors that I bought Shimano PD-T400 when replacing the stock pedals for SPD on my bike. They're Click'R and the first time that I had used Click'R but I'm not a racer or a segment chaser so I'm not overly concerned about a vice-like hold. They still do the job of keeping my feet on the pedals just about all the time but my shoes have become detached from the pedals a couple of times - once belting it a >30mph downhill on a bumpy road and once spinning at probably over 120rpm in a sprint when messing about when out with my nephew (silly old git me).

I use click R pedals on both my bikes.

 

[freiston]

I use click R pedals on both my bikes.

I'll have to look out for you - I'm just the other side of Halford Lane from Holbrooks

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'll have to look out for you - I'm just the other side of Halford Lane from Holbrooks

Not far from Pops then? I'm not doing a lot of cycling at the moment, you're more likely to see me in the car.

 

[freiston]

Not far from Pops then? I'm not doing a lot of cycling at the moment, you're more likely to see me in the car.

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