Originally Posted by
Vaportrail56
Aluminum foil, LOL. You might be right. No but seriously, I did take the reflectors of my mountain bike but I think I will leave them on this one. People where I live drive like there is no tomorrow. They act like it is a drag strip from traffic light to traffic light and I do ride at night sometimes just to go down to the local redbox. I know some people think they are for rookies but I can deal with that and live to see another day.
Anything you can do to increase your visibility and still not look like a dork is a good thing. Reflectors have a purpose - you can see them suckers from a long way off. Visibility is the primary factor leading to your safety while riding.
I have reflective tape lightning bolts, and gearhead skulls on all the strategic points of my bike. Red ones!
I use blinkies, too - 2 or 3 different ones. My kid says I look like a UFO from a distance.
At a casual, daytime glance all this stuff has a serious look to it. Kinda stealthy/gadgety/ninja-ish. Not dorky at all.
At night, however, I am the unidentified flying object people avoid. THAT is what safety is all about.