Where to buy GOOD spoke reflectors?

[Matti Kaki]

Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
pictures which are seen here:

http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg

I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.

--
Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
=========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse

 

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On Oct 6, 7:14 am, Matti Kaki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
> The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
> left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
> seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
> Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
> I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
> number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
> pictures which are seen here:
>
> http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg
>
> I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.
>
> --
> Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
> =========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
> Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse

I don't know about those, but you can get these at Rivendell and they
really show up: http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/odds_and_ends#product=31-371

Smokey

 

[[email protected]]

On Oct 6, 10:14 pm, Matti Kaki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
> The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
> left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
> seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
> Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
> I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
> number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
> pictures which are seen here:
>
> http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg
>
> I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.
>
> --
> Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
> =========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
> Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse

These things are sold on every bike in Australia as a legal
requirement. Most people take them off and throw them away. The shops
know better than to leave them on any bike over $1000.

I use reflective tape, that you can buy in an auto shop. Reflective
straps around your ankles are also good, as they move up and down and
round about, like a spoke reflector, but from all directions.

Donga

 

[Gooserider]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Oct 6, 7:14 am, Matti Kaki <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
>> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
>> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
>> The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
>> left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
>> seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
>> Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
>> I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
>> number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
>> pictures which are seen here:
>>
>> http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg
>>
>> I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.
>>
>> --
>> Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
>> =========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
>> Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse
>
> I don't know about those, but you can get these at Rivendell and they
> really show up:
> http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/odds_and_ends#product=31-371
>
> Smokey

I'll second that recommendation. Those reflectors are far superior to the
cheapo plastic ones---and you can easily swap them between bikes.

 

[mark]

Matti Kaki wrote:
> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
> The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
> left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
> seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
> Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
> I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
> number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
> pictures which are seen here:
>
> http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg
>
> I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.
>

I believe that "BS" stands for British Standard, so maybe one of the
British mail order firms can help you out.

The Rivendell spoke reflectors that velcro on are quite nice, I use them
on my bikes. Reflector tape is also quite good, all of my bikes have a
fair bit on them. Here's a good US source:
http://www.identi-tape.com/

HTH,

mark

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes:
> On Oct 6, 10:14 pm, Matti Kaki <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
>> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
>> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.

.....

> These things are sold on every bike in Australia as a legal
> requirement. Most people take them off and throw them away.

I can see deliberately parting with the front one, because so
often they get in the way when U-locking the front wheel &
downtube of your bike to a bicycle parking rack. It's almost
a law of nature that when you go to poke the lock's shackle
through the front wheel, it'll hit the reflector. The more
awkward it is to lift the front wheel and rotate it around to
a reflectorless spot, the more likely this is to happen.


cheers,
Tom

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[Matti Kaki]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
>
>On Oct 6, 7:14 am, Matti Kaki <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello from Finland. I founded yesterday a pair of really good bicycle
>> spoke reflectors. These have sturdy screw fastening with "nyloc" nut and
>> the reflector is quite good in shape and has different reflecting angles.
>> The seller didn't know where he had got them. He had only these two
>> left so I bought them in 2 euros a pair (cheap). I have never before
>> seen this kind of reflectors and I couldn't find these even with
>> Google image search. It has a logo having either a letter "M" and
>> I with flipped letter J or "W" with 1I inside. Also it has standard
>> number BS 6102/2 and some kind of type number TPL 00018. I took few
>> pictures which are seen here:
>>
>> http://www.mattikaki.fi/kuvia/pinnaheijastimet.jpg
>>
>> I would be appreciated if somebody could identify these.

>I don't know about those, but you can get these at Rivendell and they
>really show up:
>http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/odds_and_ends#product=31-371

Yes they do. Annoyingly they are illegal in Finland. Spoke reflectors
must be yellow/orange. Well the tire may have white side reflector
and I believe that nobody cares if you put these on your bike.
Thanks for the hint. These reflectors are good and firemen use
them. Also police. And you can have much larger area compared to
spoke reflector. Also it is good front reflector which are getting
smaller and smaller every year.

--
Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
=========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse

 

[[email protected]]

Oddly enough, I recently bought a new rear rack, and at about the same
time, had my rear red reflector break. Think I can find a new reflector
that's larger than a postage stamp and not ridiculously priced? Not
around here!
(I have blinkies on this bike; I just figure if there's a place for a
reflector, I might as well have one, just in case.)

Bill

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[Gooserider]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Oddly enough, I recently bought a new rear rack, and at about the same
> time, had my rear red reflector break. Think I can find a new reflector
> that's larger than a postage stamp and not ridiculously priced? Not
> around here!
> (I have blinkies on this bike; I just figure if there's a place for a
> reflector, I might as well have one, just in case.)
>
> Bill

I have one bike which has a Carradice saddlebag and no rack, so I didn't
have a rear reflector. I cut a 3x5 piece of 3M Diamond Grade reflective
tape, stuck it to a piece of plastic, then ziptied the thing to my Bagman
bag support. It's more reflective than any OEM reflector, and lighter, too.

 

[Claire Petersky]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Oddly enough, I recently bought a new rear rack, and at about the same
> time, had my rear red reflector break. Think I can find a new reflector
> that's larger than a postage stamp and not ridiculously priced? Not
> around here!


When I needed a reflector, I went down to Recycled Cycles
(http://www.recycledcycles.com/), and rummaged in their "free" bin, and
scored a couple that were fine.

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[Dane Buson]

Claire Petersky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Oddly enough, I recently bought a new rear rack, and at about the same
>> time, had my rear red reflector break. Think I can find a new reflector
>> that's larger than a postage stamp and not ridiculously priced? Not
>> around here!
>
> When I needed a reflector, I went down to Recycled Cycles
> (http://www.recycledcycles.com/), and rummaged in their "free" bin, and
> scored a couple that were fine.

Ah, good idea. I should do that. I managed to find a clamp-on
chainstay mounted cable stop for a sunny day bike project I'm working
on when I went saturday. I also couldn't resist picking up a used
Softride suspension stem from their bin.

--
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"You don't change the way people think by changing what they say. You change
the way people think with HEADLESS CHARRED BODIES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
BLOOD! FLAMES! HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION!" -- Alistair Young

 

[Veloise]

Bill wrote:
> Oddly enough, I recently bought a new rear rack, and at about the same
> time, had my rear red reflector break. Think I can find a new reflector
> that's larger than a postage stamp and not ridiculously priced? Not
> around here!
> (I have blinkies on this bike; I just figure if there's a place for a
> reflector, I might as well have one, just in case.)

Try the automotive stores. That stuff is supposed to last at highway
speeds, and the flat red reflectors are better designed than the three-
panel CPSC-approved ones. (There I go again, quoting "Effective
Cycling.")

HTH

--Karen D.