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Old 12-13-12 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by linus
To OP, you know that those reflectors won't do a thing. Better put reflector tapes on your frame and fork + lights.
Few things make a bicycle more obviously a bicycle to a motorist in darkness than the tell-tale sign of spoke reflectors spinning round and round. Active lighting is best, but reflectors only help your visibility. I can see removing them to make space for active lighting, but I think to do so for other reasons is primarily concern for fashion.
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