rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Those pedals come with the sissy cleat (as MTBers call it) - are you using those? They do release much more easily than the standard black SM--SH51 cleats.
LikewiseCant say i have reflectors on any of my bikes, then again i am currently running 4 rear lights
my favourite ever pedals were a set of look deltas which had a reflector front and rear...You're not going to be stopped by the police for lacking reflectors if you have a decent rear light. However, it gives a defence lawyer an excuse to reduce compensation if you get rear-ended. After all, your bike wasn't roadworthy.
I think the red rear reflector probably dates from the days of *no* mandatory rear lights, and remained useful with dynamo lights before standlights became almost universal. It's of marginal use with a typically bright battery LED.
Pedal reflectors are a bigger problem because they are problematic with clipless pedals. You can get big reflector attachments for double-sided SPDs which reduce your pedals to single-sided SPDs. That's hopeless.