Is this right???

Mike400

Seen this on http://cyclingforfun.co.uk/RidingAtNight.html:

"The Highway Code states............Amber pedal reflectors are also compulsory for machines manufactured after October 1985. If your machine doesn’t meet these requirements you are not only breaking the law, but you also represent a hazard both to yourself and other road users"

So how the hell do you fit reflectors to SPD's?? My SPD shoes have some reflective surfaces on the rear but certainly not amber....

Also, as I built my bike myself, there is no record of when it was manufactured lol.....now its pretty obvious given the spec / frame its a recent bike, but how would plod prove your bike is post '85?

For example my Dad's frame is from the dark ages but in the past few years he has replaced pretty much everything else, and resrayed the frame, so to the untrained eye it looks fairly modern but its certainly post 85.....

Or is it? I know a car's identity is based on its chassis, but is a bike's identity based on its frame?

I know its a mute point anyway as providing your bike is well enough lit and being ridden properly plod are unlikely to take an interest, and if they did would your average bobby know about amber pedal reflectors?

cjw

See the thread above on reflectors. And yes it is correct, during hours of darkness / low visibility your are breaking the law with SPDs as they do not have amber reflectors meeting the appropriate BS) - as are many of us.

Mods ought to make a sticky on lighting legalities.

Wallace1492

The law is the law and should be obeyed.
You can have pedals with amber reflective, or fit inserts to one side of SPD's.

Anyway, this is a tad similar to the "Reflective" thead and contains the same issue.

No offence but having two threads for exact same issue is not required!!

will3

Ah the annual discussion


fits to double sided pedals, or you just have to use different pedals at night if you want to be fully legal.

sarajoy

Just ordered me a pair of these: http://www.dotbike.com/ProductsP4059.aspx

The legality side doesn't bother me until I get stuck in an accident - just in case, like...

Hopefully the flats will weight the pedal on one side and tend to hang underneath for the most part, as I'd rather have easier access to the cleat when commuting. We'll see how irritating they turn out to be! Useful when bombing into town in normal shoes, though

Wallace1492

Sarah, have these on my MTB and it does weigh down the "other" side, leaving the cleat side to the top.

will3

Wallace1492 wrote:

Sarah, have these on my MTB and it does weigh down the "other" side, leaving the cleat side to the top.

for me too.

sarajoy

Good stuff

the_hundredth_idiot

sarajoy wrote:

Just ordered me a pair of these: http://www.dotbike.com/ProductsP4059.aspx

The legality side doesn't bother me until I get stuck in an accident - just in case, like...

Hopefully the flats will weight the pedal on one side and tend to hang underneath for the most part, as I'd rather have easier access to the cleat when commuting. We'll see how irritating they turn out to be! Useful when bombing into town in normal shoes, though

If they're like the ones that came with my SPDs, they are an absolute bee-yatch to fit. To take them off I had to loosen the pedals to the max I could and even then I needed a mallet to take them off. No chance of them coming off by accident (which I guess is the point).

will3

The Hundredth Idiot wrote:

If they're like the ones that came with my SPDs, they are an absolute bee-yatch to fit. To take them off I had to loosen the pedals to the max I could and even then I needed a mallet to take them off. No chance of them coming off by accident (which I guess is the point).

There is an easy way: slacken the tension off completely and use a screwdriver like this to prise open the clip.
Pops out easy as anything wihthout having to resort to violence
However, watch out, if you leave them on too long, the spd go rusty :oops:

re-fitting is a bit easier.