If you see me, say hello!

snooks

Just stuck a load of retro reflective tape on my bike, been meaning to do it for a year, but I finally bought some more tape today, and got round to doing it!

Just in case you were wondering how much difference a few bits of tape make



So if you see me, say hello

downfader

Thats pretty sweet looking. You could put some on the handle bar or the front to show more movement, but I guess it'll work ok from the forks. 8)

elscorcho

I like it! All you need now is some tinsel on your frame!

The reflective tape will be good if you go on roads when it is dark! 8)

snooks

I've got my front light on the handlbars

But the pic was to see what my bike would look like without any lights

Putting the tape on the forks wasn't my idea, I saw a cyclist in Kent riding along at night..well actually I saw two vertical lights coming towards my car and couldn't work out what it was!!! So I slowed down as I approached, and it was a bike with two bits of tape on the forks, it really caught my eye and I've been meaning to nick the idea for a while

snooks

elscorcho wrote:

I like it! All you need now is some tinsel on your frame!

The reflective tape will be good if you go on roads when it is dark! 8)

I'm hoping the bits on the rims will look like I'm going really fast!!! hehe

itboffin

I just added spokelit to my hack, apart from being very visible it also looks totally cool
http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=26&product_id=163

snooks

itboffin wrote:

I just added spokelit to my hack, apart from being very visible it also looks totally cool
http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=26&product_id=163

I saw someone with those the other day, really eye catching

Hang on....
[homer with dougnuts]
BLUUUUUUUE......Mmmmmmmm
[/homer with dougnuts]
My retroreflective tape doesn't need batteries

[homer with dougnuts]
BLUUUUUUUE


Must have BLUUUUUUUUE
[/homer with dougnuts]

Jen J

Where do you buy the tape from Snooks?

snooks

Being a boaty sort I bought it from a Chandlery, it's SOLAS approved it's for lifebuoys!!

If you google "SOLAS retro reflective tape" you'll find it...it's not cheap though, but that's about 40cm worth

http://www.oceanleisure.co.uk/ should have some if you're in town 8)

Jen J

Too right it's not cheap - first site I found sold it by the roll - at $225!

Managed to find one that sold it by the metre, for under a fiver 8)

Thanks

AndyManc

Jen J wrote:

Where do you buy the tape from Snooks?

Look at the bottom of the page .....

http://www.seamarknunn.com/acatalog/SafetyAccessories.html

Jen J

AndyManc wrote:

Jen J wrote:

Where do you buy the tape from Snooks?

Look at the bottom of the page .....

http://www.seamarknunn.com/acatalog/SafetyAccessories.html

Aha - the strips on there are perfect.

(Yes I know that to make 1m into strips I only have to cut it up, but with the strips I only have to stick them)

Jen J

Hmph. I can get 1m for 4.90, or 6 strips for £6.99. Boith will cost me about 4 quid for p&P

AndyManc

Jen J wrote:

Hmph. I can get 1m for 4.90, or 6 strips for £6.99. Boith will cost me about 4 quid for p&P

Try on amazon for free p&p , or have a look in DIY shops like BnQ.

Jen J

AndyManc wrote:

Jen J wrote:

Hmph. I can get 1m for 4.90, or 6 strips for £6.99. Boith will cost me about 4 quid for p&P

Try on amazon for free p&p , or have a look in DIY shops like BnQ.

Tried amazon - no tapes, but I bought three books :oops:

Gilbie

Try here! http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/index.php?cPath=33

Wrath Rob

Great, easier to spot a Snooks shaped scalp :twisted:

linsen

Just found some of that tape in a pencil pot (came with a kid's cycling safety set from Lidl), and whacked it on the forks - cheers for that snooks!

girv73

Gilbie wrote:

Try here! http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/index.php?cPath=33

Beware! On that site there is a £3.00 "low order value" fee applied if you just order the £6.99 tape :!:

snooks

Wrath Rob wrote:

Great, easier to spot a Snooks shaped scalp :twisted:

First you have to catch me!!

UnworthyPapaLazaru

Will it peel off easily in the summer time?

snooks

UnworthyPapaLazaru wrote:

Will it peel off easily in the summer time?

Nope, I'm hoping it won't come off at all

It's my commuting bike, not one I take out for pleasure

girv73

eBay is your friend for this - less than half of what BSOAB are looking for 2m.

cjcp

snooks wrote:

UnworthyPapaLazaru wrote:

Will it peel off easily in the summer time?

Nope, I'm hoping it won't come off at all

It's my commuting bike, not one I take out for pleasure

Snooks - great find. I just bought some "reflective" tape from Evans. I was going to take it back on the basis that I had mistakenly been given white insulating tape. :roll: I was looking for something to plonk on the seat stays and head tube.

Jen J

girv73 wrote:

Gilbie wrote:

Try here! http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/index.php?cPath=33

Beware! On that site there is a £3.00 "low order value" fee applied if you just order the £6.99 tape :!:

I bought stickers as well

gradiric

Nice to see how visible the tape is - I put some strips on my black jacket a few weeks ago.

downfader

My LBS used to do a special pack for a couple of quid, all precut shapes and sizes. They were printed on A4 sheets. Dont know how permanent they were though

Horton

All sorts here - just remember to click the free p&p... The HI-VIZ Respro stuff is fiercely sticky:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/c/Cycle/7/Reflectives/

downfader

Horton wrote:

All sorts here - just remember to click the free p&p... The HI-VIZ Respro stuff is fiercely sticky:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/c/Cycle/7/Reflectives/

Hmm LBS was cheaper for the Respro (thats the ones they had). Dont need to worry about delivery - just pop in and pay 8 quid.

Littigator

snooks wrote:

elscorcho wrote:

I like it! All you need now is some tinsel on your frame!

The reflective tape will be good if you go on roads when it is dark! 8)

I'm hoping the bits on the rims will look like I'm going really fast!!! hehe

Well it's worth a try, something might help in the end

Biscuiteer

I got my Scotchlite tape straight from the horse's mouth as it were - 3M's own web shop as I didn't like the price of the respro stuff at wiggle and got confused by all the listings on ebay which seemed to be either sew-on or massive and for writing giant motorway signs. NB, the Scotchlite stuff is silvery grey, not white, for those concerned about colour coordination.