Reflective Stealth Strips

geordiefella

Just ordered some black strips that glow up when lit by cars etc...
http://reflectivelyyours.com/generic141.html

my bike is all black for urban coolness but not great for getting seen night-time. took a bit of tracking down for strips that arn't bright when you dont need them to be so thought i'd share the link

downfader

I've used the black 3M on mine. No where as good as regular silver 3M tbh. I use mine in conjunction with around 5 lights

deptfordmarmoset

Out of curiosity, what colour light do they reflect? My limited - very limited - knowledge of physics led me to believe that black was black because it didn't reflect light. But this stuff is plainly the devil's work so the rules of physics don't seem to apply.

geordiefella

i've no idea. i'll get some pics up if/when it arrives. didn;t want to stick white stuff all over the bad boy and its probably not quite as bright, but we'll see

redvee

Chucked some strips on the back of my roadracer guards last weekend. Very stealth till a light hits them.



Want to put some more on the bike but haven't got enough at the mo.

Oddjob62

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Out of curiosity, what colour light do they reflect? My limited - very limited - knowledge of physics led me to believe that black was black because it didn't reflect light. But this stuff is plainly the devil's work so the rules of physics don't seem to apply.

Not sure quite how it is done, but the principle is that it reflects light almost directly back down the path that the light arrived. A normal surface will bounce back light in all directions, so you can see it whichever way you look at it. With this material you will only see the light that has come from near where your are looking (in this case a car's headlight).

EDIT: Quick google... they use glass beeds or microprisms to achieve this (depending on the type of tape).

fossyant

It works....... believe you me....

Daylight....

No flash



Flash......

Splottboy

McKinley do, sorry, did a great backpack that totally lights up in car lights.
Don't think is available any more, but search the web.
Similar to the illuminite running gear.

Bought it off a mate who was closing outdoor shop due to cancer battle.
28LTS and is very comfortable for riding/running to.

Trouble is, my teenage kid uses it for his "stuff". Have to to use C/baks and other bags...

sarajoy

Here's mine (did a little montage pic for facebook) - the tape's literally brilliant!


It's only the flash of a Nokia E71 mobile phone lighting it up like that, too.

I just bought a metre of 5cm wide tape from here: http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/pro ... cts_id=448

Still got some left over

deptfordmarmoset

[oldfogey]Yikes, black that's white! Whatever next?[/oldfogey]

fossayant, your photo is only demonstrating the reflective capacities of a white painted garage door to me - are they any good on a bike at night?

downfader

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

[oldfogey]Yikes, black that's white! Whatever next?[/oldfogey]

fossayant, your photo is only demonstrating the reflective capacities of a white painted garage door to me - are they any good on a bike at night?

Can you not see the tabs on the rims?