Bike Reflectors vs. Reflective Tape
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The advantage of reflectors, and reflectorized tape is that they can cheaply cover a much greater area than just the lights, and perhaps more angles too.
The current generation of LEDs is very high intensity, but with a narrow beam.
Thus, I'd advocate a combination of the two.
I'll try to get a simple camera flash photo of my bike trailer in the next few days... with the trailer dating back to perhaps the start of this thread The old reflective media is still quite effective.
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Yes, I would never rely on reflectors alone, although on occasion while driving I have seen unlit bicycles with the standard reflectors shining in my headlights, and it was enough for me to know that it was a bicycle. So reflectors do work. Not as good as lights, but they do work and will at the very least warn drivers that there is a bicycle ahead. Better than not having reflectors while riding at night, but of course not as good as having lights.
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That's what I've done. Each wheel has 8 strips of white reflective tape spaced between every 4 spokes. So not only will they see the wheel reflectors (which I'm too much of a Fred to remove) but they'll also see the diameter of my two wheels and should instantly realize that it's a bike.
*edit* Ulp, I too didn't realize I was replying to a very old thread. My first day back after being away from BF for a while. But this is still a very good idea.
*edit* Ulp, I too didn't realize I was replying to a very old thread. My first day back after being away from BF for a while. But this is still a very good idea.
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Here's a picture:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nsdpi5wwh...62003.jpg?dl=0
Last edited by Milton Keynes; 01-25-18 at 01:34 PM. Reason: Added photo
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Ah, ok, so not box section rims then.