Reflective stuff is great, as long as there's a light source somewhere. But I'm not sure reflectors will make you visible to a motorist if his/her headlights aren't shining on you.
On a bike path, you'll be OK as long as you're riding the only bike without a light. But if two unlit reflectorized bikes meet each other on the Lakeshore path at night, they'll be all but invisible to each other. Doug Adler wrote: > I think reflective stuff is always good. I wear a $20 construction vest > in addition to the $130 light. Not sure how visible reflective stuff is > to drivers because few people are dorky enough like me to use much of it. > > But in my experience the reflective stuff doesn't light up the potholes, > ice, etc real well so it doesn't replace a good light. > > And if you use reflective tape and a $5 flashlight how visible will you > be? Less visible than with a $40 light and tape, which is less visible > than a $100 light and tape, and so on. Only you can decide how much > seeing and being seen is worth to you. > > John Martin wrote: > >> Has anyone tried reflective tape on their frames? >> (http://www.identi-tape.com/eng-sr2.html ). If so, what's your >> experience? >> >> Perhaps the best way to be visible to others is to get a $20 2"x 15' >> roll of this 3M tape and outline the frame of the bike. I could >> imagine that this (and the requisite $5 flashlight) would make for a >> very visible bike-print. No batteries to wear out (except >> flashlight's of course). No annoying lights in other rider's eyes. No >> $130 cost. >> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
