Originally Posted by
noglider
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I wear reflective trouser bands when I wear long pants. I don't usually wear the trouser bands when I'm wearing shorts, and maybe I should. I'm told they're a smart thing to have, though you really never know when headlights will reflect against stuff like this and when they won't.
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When I was commuting by car (now retired, no longer commute) I often saw bicyclists with pedal reflectors at a good distance away when I was on dark residential streets without a lot of other lights to distract me.
I do not have pedal reflectors, for that reason I put amber reflective tape on my crank arms. Not as good as pedal reflectors, my crank arms would only be reflective when they are nearly vertical, but better than nothing. Only on the sides of the crank arms that you see from front or rear, not on the sides since most of my bikes have reflective sidewall tires.
Two photos, first without camera flash, second with camera flash which lit up anything reflective. The two crank arms and two taillights were much brighter in second photo. This was daylight, so does not look that effective when I took the photos, but I suspect much better at night.
