grhm
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- Malvern, Worcestershire
downfader said:Legally in england and wales (not sure about scotland) you need front and back yellow pedal reflectors, plus front white and rear red iirc. Its in the highway code anyway and tells you which part of the RTact it is... They certainly help imo.
Did the bike not come fitted with reflectors? My local shop said they're obliged to fit them to all but custom and dedicated non-road bikes. Quite suprised tbh.
Legally you only need the pedal reflectors and a red rear reflector. (see Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations). And it appears you only need those if you use the bike between sunset and sunrise.
The Pedal Cycles (Safety) Regulations mean shops have to sell bikes with a front reflector and wheel reflectors (probably with some exceptions as you mention above).
As an aside, is there any dual-sided SPD pedals that have legal reflectors? I know you can get single sided ones (on can get adapters that add a platform with reflectors to a dual sided pedal) - but I've never found a dual sided SPD that can be used as a commuter legally.