Colleague has lights on the wrong way, what shall I say.

[Trevrev]

SPD-SL can have refectors, they fit onto the main body and hang below: http://www.cyclechat...sl-road-pedals/

Pedal reflectors are part of the lighting regulations so are required after lighting up time (IIRC correctly now 30 mins after sunset) and possibly if it's that dark anyway.
Along with the BS standard lights or equivalent, that no one sells! (expcept overpriced German brands and ancient ineffective ever-ready style lights)

I haven't had reflectors on my pedals for years.
What a law breaking rebel i am !!!!

 

[Browser]

SPD-SL can have refectors, they fit onto the main body and hang below: http://www.cyclechat...sl-road-pedals/

Pedal reflectors are part of the lighting regulations so are required after lighting up time (IIRC correctly now 30 mins after sunset) and possibly if it's that dark anyway.
Along with the BS standard lights or equivalent, that no one sells! (expcept overpriced German brands and ancient ineffective ever-ready style lights)

Were they a genuine Shimano accessory and were you able to get them in this country from a norma bike shop? The Shimano-made reflectors I fitted to my A530s (a) cost as much as the pedals and (b) had to be bought in from Germany as no-one in the UK stocked them.

 

[Digital_Cowboy]

You may/will find that somewhere in the small print on the packaging/instructions for a lot of pedals, the manufacturers state something along the lines of "not for road use" or "track use only" to cover themselves if the buyer gets nicked for using pedals with no reflectors on the road.
Once again, legistlation fails to keep up with technology, as you have to have correct, approved orange reflectors which, as you so rightly point out, would be a tad difficult to fit onto many SPD/SPD-SL pedals, whereas a suitably-sized strip of Scotchbrite tape would do the job equally well without the bulk.
Anyway, knowing the UK and it's carefully-worded laws the pedal reflectors, as with the bell and rear reflector, are probably only required 'at point of sale'.

If I'm not mistaken, this lightset the Vis 360 for mounting on one's helmet comes with a warning that in the UK that by itself it is not legal, and needs a light approved for use in the UK to go along with it.

 

[Digital_Cowboy]

SPD-SL can have refectors, they fit onto the main body and hang below: http://www.cyclechat...sl-road-pedals/

Pedal reflectors are part of the lighting regulations so are required after lighting up time (IIRC correctly now 30 mins after sunset) and possibly if it's that dark anyway.
Along with the BS standard lights or equivalent, that no one sells! (expcept overpriced German brands and ancient ineffective ever-ready style lights)

NOT that I'm one of those "weight weenies" but don't those things cancel out part of the reason for using clipless pedals, i.e. reducing the weight?

 

[mr Mag00]

did you really have to come on here to ask????

 

[david1701]

This surprised me a bit. Which posts do you feel are amazingly lecherous?

lecherous was maybe the wrong word, it just got surprisingly laddish in here all of a sudden, was surprising

 

[jonny jeez]

Jeez...is this thread still going?

 

[twobiker]

Does she ride in the dark?.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Does she ride in the dark?.

I didn't think the OP knew her well enough to be able to answer that one.

 

[Headgardener]

My SPD pedals came with an insert with reflectors on that clipped into one side of the pedal. This turned the pedal into a single sided SPD with the other side flat. Took them off as soon as I had fitted the pedals. I think they may be at the bottom of my toolbox somewhere.

 

[slowmotion]

I didn't think the OP knew her well enough to be able to answer that one.