Clipless Pedals and Reflectors

NWLondoner
NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
edited January 2009 in Workshop
Do you guys and gals use reflectors on your clipless pedals when riding in the dark?

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    On the commuter yes, on the "training bikes" no
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  • woody-som
    woody-som Posts: 1,001
    This is one of those questions that crop up, but you can get away without using pedal reflectors if you put the reflective wraps around you ankles. I do this and several police have passed me at night without any problems, and actually the reflective leg wrap is better, as it can be seen from all angles and not just from behind like the pedal reflector, which is also mostly hidden by the shoe.
  • tarquin_foxglove
    tarquin_foxglove Posts: 554
    cropped from the ctc...
    the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989 (amended in 1994 and 2005) require pedal cycles to have various lights and reflectors fitted, clean and working properly, when being ridden on a public road between sunset and sunrise.

    Four Pedal Reflectors are required, coloured amber and marked BS6102/2 (or equivalent), positioned so that one is plainly visible to the front and another to the rear of each pedal.

    However they go on to say...
    It has to be said that the fine details of RVLR are seldom enforced; and provided you show some kind of white light in front and red behind you are unlikely to be challenged. If you are involved in a night-time accident however, any slight illegality with respect to your lights or reflectors may be regarded as contributory negligence.

    Getting back to the OP, I don't have RVLR compliant pedals.
  • Wappygixer
    Wappygixer Posts: 1,396
    I always thought that those regs only concerned new bikes?
    The reason being is that a shop has to sell every complete bike with reflectors and a bell in place.
    However for someone buying a nice full carbon bike you wouldn't want these fitted all over it.For this reason many middle to high end bikes are sold without pedals because then its not a complete bike and can leave without all of the above and does not have to conform to the BS6102 regs?
    Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong as I cant remember where I got this info from, I think it was some magazine?

    Also don't forget that we are now conforming to ISO standards like the rest of Europe (or about to anyway)Not sure how these differ though.
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    plus chances are that your shoes have some sort of reflector on the heel (at least, both of my clipless shoes have reflector material on them) so that is almost part of the pedal anyway.
  • sloxam
    sloxam Posts: 861
    how the hell would you fit reflectors front and back on clipless (except some spd) anyway? :lol:
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    sloxam wrote:
    how the hell would you fit reflectors front and back on clipless (except some spd) anyway? :lol:

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  • sloxam
    sloxam Posts: 861
    classy, don't think i'll be doing that with my rxe's!
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    None on my SPD's but my shoes have reflective bits front and back, and my overshoes too.
    gkerr4 wrote:
    plus chances are that your shoes have some sort of reflector on the heel (at least, both of my clipless shoes have reflector material on them) so that is almost part of the pedal anyway.

    Interesting point - would it stand up in court? Technically not part of the pedal because they unclip, but then so do the add-on reflectors modelled by reddragon? (or do they screw on?)
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    Putting them on Speedplays could be a challenge.

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