Yeah, black would be more stealth but, from what I've seen, it isn't as bright as the silver. Function over form in this case.

I am mainly concerned with reflective bits helping with rearward oncoming views, I see very little, if any, real benefit from having it on the front/sides. Besides, the wheels tape shows great from the front and 1/4 angles.

While not cheap, there are some attractive designs here and they do custom work.

http://funreflector.com/spokee_files/image3261.jpg

http://funreflector.com/morephotos_files/image3691.jpg

http://funreflector.com/morephotos_files/image3491.jpg

http://funreflector.com/morephotos_files/image3671.jpg

Pretty defensive over the laundry

You have giant man panties in there or something? Mutilated bodies? Puppies?

I didn't even notice the photoshop of the dryer when I first looked at the photos. Now, thanks the the OP's reaction, that's ALL I can see now.

My mind is jumping to all kinds of wild speculations as to what could be in the dryer that would illicit such a response. I have a huge hole in my soul that the mystery will never be solved.

I agree, lets stop the ankle biting and stay on topic.

marty

Stealth reflective tape is such a great idea!!! Genius!

Howeverr, I do have one concern though. What if someone is after you? Say, someone on a bike or a car...and they're trying to come rob/hurt you for one reason or another? During times when you want stealth, how do you achieve that?

I guess I'm just thinking about the 1% chance when I don't want to grab attention to myself.

1 out of every hundred times you get on your bike, you need to hide from someone attempting to do you bodily harm? That's once every 50 days of commuting, or approximately once every 3 months (assuming you do no other riding on the weekend, from a pure statistical point of view.)

If you've got people attempting to jump you 4 times a year, it's time to move.

Well, I ride about once every two weeks. So maybe I'll ride 26 times a year. Actually, cut that number in half since I don't ride when it gets below 60 degrees, so on average, I ride about once a month.

So my 1% chance is about once every 8 years...which seems reasonable. I get robbed on average of once every 5 years or so.

Cadd This doesn't really answer your question but, if the tape is going to give me away in that situation, I would most likely have my lights on as well.

I can turn my fronts of easily enough, but my rear lights are near impossible to do on the move, especially in flee mode. If I had time to stop to do that...

You can't make anything perfect, focus one the higher risk areas that can be reduced by a large amount in a simple way. Even if it increases another risk ever so slightly, you are still way ahead of the game.

Below 60 you won't ride? I consider 50 perfect after getting warmed up. Ride more often and you might learn how to evade/avoid those situations better.

You can put black electrical tape over the reflective tape on the days you plan on being robbed.

I just got a few rolls of black reflective tape and the supposedly brighter silver tape from www.identi-tape.com, but haven't had a chance to compare the reflectivity or put it on my bike yet. I intend to cover as much of the frame as I can as well as portions of my rims, pedals, shoes, helmet, bags, etc. The concept of putting reflective material on moving parts seems very smart. Has anyone tried these? http://www.lightweights.org/store/pr...1&cat=0&page=1

Did you get a chance to play with it yet? f

Tried what? The tape on moving parts? I have and it works very well. Recommend it on the bottom and sides of crank arms. For wheels, what seems to works best is about a 10 inch strip (cut up and placed side by side between spokes) on each wheel. I had 2 10" sections on each wheel at one point, but the strobe effect works much better at higher speeds with the single strips. Less is more sometimes.

see posts #96 and #99 in this thread for older pics

If the bicycle where white then the reflective tape would really be stealth. Some good ideas with the placement of them.