Originally Posted by
rachel120
My husband showed me a link for glow in the dark spray paint that was sprayed onto bicycles for night riding. From both a safety and a practical point of view, would this be effective? Or a gimmick that does nothing?
Gimmick that does nothing useful. Glow in the dark materials emit only a very dim light and only for a limited time after they have been exposed to a much brighter light.
OTOH, good reflective materials direct any incoming light directly back at the source so they become very visible to a driver headed in your general direction. But reflectors should be supplemented with active lighting so that you will also be visible to someone without headlights aimed in your direction. With the current availability of good LED lighting there's no excuse for a cyclist to not be readily visible at night.