Reflective spoke straws.

[adscrim]

What do they look like from head on, or from the rear?

And BlackPanther - how did you find out you arsenal was reflective?

 

[turnout]

What do they look like from head on, or from the rear?

From the front and rear I have Smart Lunar 25s.

Spoke reflectors are great for sideways visibility approaching junctions and roundabouts.

No driver could plausibly claim "I didn't see turnout!"

 

[Davidc]

What do they look like from head on, or from the rear?

They don't.

 

[HobbesChoice]

I've looked at the Halfords online store and they have them at 36 for £7.99 with a buy one get one half price offer.

 

[RRCC]

I've looked at the Halfords online store and they have them at 36 for £7.99 with a buy one get one half price offer.

When Lidl had them they were £4.99 for 36.

 

[downfader]

There were none in Lidl in Southampton when I checked. I bought mine from Halfords last week, installed on friday. Will try and do a vid later if I can.

 

[summerdays]

I've looked at the Halfords online store and they have them at 36 for £7.99 with a buy one get one half price offer.

I definitely paid a lot more than that for 72 last year. ... mine are still bright and don't seem to have fallen off either. Might go to Halfords for more at that price.

 

[MontyVeda]

What do they look like from head on, or from the rear?

you can stick reflective stickers to the rim itself for front/back reflectibility (from a bit of a angle obviously)... i've got a couple on my rims but need about 30 more for them to be effective.

 

[summerdays]

Or have reflective strips on the tyres in the first place.

 

[darth vadar]

Would these reflective spoke straws add much weight to the bike though ?

 

[turnout]

save up:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLtbeU8FJW0&feature=player_embedded

 

[darth vadar]

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No. They're very light.
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[PpPete]

Would these reflective spoke straws add much weight to the bike though ?

They weigh just fractionally over 1 gram each.
So if you cut them in half, as has been suggested above, that's just over an ounce per wheel.

 

[Davidc]

Cutting in half was a suggestion from Arch of this forum when they cost real money! Not worth it now.

After 18 months or so I've now had one lose its grip and fall off, so suspect that they may have a typical service life of only a few years.

 

[Adasta]

I've reserved some from my local Halfords so will hopefully fit them sometime this week. I'll try to get a photo up of my newly (and freely!) acquired commuting steed as well.