On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:40:39 +0100, Danny Colyer wrote:
> Don Whybrow wondered:
>> So... how do you fit reflectors to spuds without cages?
>
> I asked about this in LBS shortly after buying my first set of SPDs. They
> showed me a double-sided reflector with a plastic ring atop one end of one
> edge. The idea was that the ring looped over the pedal axle, with the
> reflector hanging beneath the pedal. It meant that the pedal effectively
> became one-sided.
Still illegal. The wording (from memory) is "attached to the leading
and trailing edges of the pedal, clearly visible to the front & rear".
None of "edge", "leading" or "trailing" are defined in any UK
legislation that Google can find, except that they are also mentioned in
reference to the location of aircraft lights.
On a recumbent there may be said to be leading and trailing "faces",
only one of which is clearly visible, but not edges. So I wear
reflecting ankle bands and the helicopter dibbles will see /something/
like a pedal reflector, even if the jam-sandwich dibbles won't. As I
also carry two lights at each end (of the bike, of the bike), and two
reflectors also, I don't think thre's much chance I won't be seen due to
lack of lighting.
Non of the lights are strictly legal, being either too bright, or LEDs
in non-flashng mode, but WTH. The reflectors, well they're illegal too,
being mounted on plastic brackets instead of the metal ones that
BS6102/2 requires. They do at least point exactly level fore & aft.
And those reflective strips on the cranks? Illegal too. Sigh.
As far as I can tell it is currently impossible to equip a bicycle with
lighting and reflectors that are completely legal, adequate for the
cyclist to see with, and for other road users to see. So I opt for the
second two of of the three....
And instead of fixing this aspect of the law TPTB urge the use of
reflective clothing and styrofoam tea-cosies.
Mike
