Reflective tape recommendations?

swarfega

Hi.

I don't envisage doing a whole heap of night cycling but my hours have changed at work and as such it means I'll have to do more in the evenings than I was hoping for.

I've been having a look around for reflective things to stick onto either me or the bike - but it seems quite a lot of the adhesive strips have an issue sticking to materials.

Anybody use them and have found any that do actually stick to clothing?

smoggysteve

Endura do alot of clothes with velcro patches on them to stick hi vis patches and LED lights onto.

pipipi

VTech was asking a similar question somewhere and got a few replies.

I have tape, things that clip onto spokes and something that wraps round my helmet.

Giraffoto

Moglo (Moglo.co.uk, I think) do iron-on transfers as well as retroreflective tape and stickers.

cougie

I use 3M Diamond tape off ebay on the bike and my rucksack. I'd just get a builders hi viz vest for wearing over the top of kit for night cycling. Lightweight and cheap.

BigLee1

If you have a sign makers near you pop in and ask for the off cuts from emergency vehicle stickers, I`ve got white, yellow and red.
Iron on reflective tape is also good

ju5t1n

Halfords sell it – but it’s not in the cycling section. It’s with the car accessories and sold as tape to stick on bumpers. Great stuff though - I have a strip on the rear mudguard of my training bike.

guity

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A2-A3-A4-A5-1m-ROLL-REFLECTIVE-SELF-ADHESIVE-VINYL-STICKY-BACK-PLASTIC-CRAFT-ROB-/190596081601?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item2c606967c1

I bought this a couple of years ago and covered a couple of bikes with it. Seems to do the job, still stuck on there well and if you take a bit of time you can make it look decent in the daylight too.