un-stealth bike

[Tad]

My commuter is matt black and despite being lit up like a christmas tree with lights on the front and rear as well as a Hope helmet light I thought it could do with being a bit more visible. After liberaly plastering the thing with 3M reflective stickers I achieved the following.

Sorry about the crap pic but it was taken outside in the pitch black and my camera is awful in low light, you get the idea though.

 

[clockworkgazz]

do that to your clothes and you will look like the dobbers from tron

 

[Tad]

do that to your clothes and you will look like the dobbers from tron

They're covered in high viz stuff too

 

[mattbrown]

its the new American forces bike, for when they need to sneak up on the taliban to rescue hostages.

 

[tintin40]

do that to your clothes and you will look like the dobbers from tron

They're covered in high viz stuff too

Cool then.
US spy sat's have picked you up Best be seen

 

[REKIBorter]

Used a similar idea on my old road bike. The reflective material was black so did not show in the daylight but shone brightly in the dark. Have done it again on my new road bike but this time used white material and stuck it to the white parts of the bike.

The second photo was taken in daylight using flash

 

[Easy_Rider]

I think the only way to sure that you will be seen is to have a flashing blue light on your head, it's seems to be the only time people put their egos away and behave on the roads.

 

[makster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFuSMz1zh0

 

[xerxes]

I remeber that.

Anyone remeber "wonder lights" from about the mid 80's? They were sort of flat and slipped into a transluscent white bracket that attached to the bike with a wing-nut. They ran on an unusual 6v flat zinc carbide battery that was hard to find, were about as bright as a lit cigarrette, lasted about 2 hours and would generally flop over in the bracket so they ended up facing the floor - utter crap.

There was very little choice for battery lights back then, and what was available had crappy, dim incandescent bulbs and ate batteries. I used dynamo lights for winter training runs, but these weren't much better, the bottle type would wear through your sidewalls and the bottom bracket ones would get covered in crud and stop working. In addition they weren't regulated so I would sometimes blow the bulbs on fast descents.

The dinky little LED lights you get now are just so much better.