Reflectors on wheels

[Davidc]

As promised here is the piccy of the reflectors suggested earlier in the thread.

I've cut all of the 72 in half to make 144, as suggested by Arch and put them on the mtb (left) and tourer (right).

They've been on a week and are still tight

Awesome. Good one Arch, thanks.

 

[Arch]

Woo, that works! It's like Blackpool!

Glad you like them.

 

[davidg]

are those reflectors available from a UK source?

 

[Arch]

I aint going to start desecrating my bike frame or my wheels by putting reflective gizmos on the spokes. I think that's going a bit far IMHO. It increases wind resistance for a start and I don't want stuff making a noise as the wheel goes around. Not for me I am afraid.

I really don't think wind resistance is an issue, the spoke reflectors David and I are talking about are tubes of a few mm in diameter. They will be no more resistant than the spokes. No extra noise either, that I've noticed.

davidg, I don't know, might be worth a google. Still on the web, with plastic cards, buying from abroad isn't so hard...

 

[davidg]

cant find on google....6€ on postage though....for a 9€ item...!

 

[Arch]

I've googled, but can't find them for sale here no...

I did find this site:

http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/

Various 3M reflectives...

Oh, hang on!

Ah, you have to buy 300 packs of 10....

http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/product_info.php?products_id=406

 

[Arch]

cant find on google....6€ on postage though....for a 9€ item...!

yeah, that's a pain. Or, find a load of other stuff to buy as well!

 

[davidg]

ordered!

 

[HJ]

Um, is it me, or does this look very dubious?

http://www.roseversand.de/output/controller.aspx?cid=156&detail=10&detail2=6693

I am not sure what you have in mind Arch, could you be a wee bit more explicit...

 

[Davidc]

Amazon have them. About the same total price.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sekuclip-Bi...sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1255552507&sr=8-1

 

[Norm]

Amazon have them. About the same total price.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sekuclip-Bi...sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1255552507&sr=8-1

Good find but £26 rather than €19. Gotta love living on an island, eh.

 

[fossyant]

Woo crazy.........