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Old 12-08-11 | 04:56 PM
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The Reflective Rig

I went to a hardware store and bought some reflective tape for the Rig:

Before:

After:

In the Dark:

With the Superflashes:


Hammer Down!!!!
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Old 12-08-11 | 05:06 PM
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Hammer Down!!!!
Rabbit ears!
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Old 12-12-11 | 03:49 PM
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Old 12-12-11 | 04:22 PM
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Rabbit ears!
LOL, I love that song.

And the reflectiveness -- I need to do something similar with my Diamondback.

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Old 12-12-11 | 04:43 PM
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Before: 2011 Trek Montare (near stock condition) (Current commuter)



After:
Daylight



And at Night...




2004 Giant Rainier (Current mountain bike/Former commuter)


(sorry, didn't take a picture before I started working on it)

After:
Daylight


At Night

2004 Giant Rainier

2007 GT Transeo 1.0 (first of 2) (Former commuter)
Before


Daylight



At Night


This bike's frame cracked, a replacement frame was then sent from the manufacturer

2007 GT Transeo 1.0 (second of 2) (Former commuter)

Daylight (Bike was built up with a frame I already had covered)


(Bike was destroyed in a daylight collision with a car, didn't get many opportunities to photograph it before it was destroyed).

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Old 12-17-11 | 06:28 PM
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