I bypassed this problem by using shelf liner. The shelf liner doesn't leave a residue, is easy to remove, but it sticks to the bike well enough and reflective tape sticks well enough to it. I've been running my bike with it for a little over a month, and it's been working fine. It's on my seat, bottom and top tubes, along with my seat stays. The only places where I applied reflective tape directly wasn't on my bike, it was on my fenders and water bottles.