ASAP help removing reflectors!
12-29-03, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Veganese
Why is everyone so adverse to reflectors?
Isn't visibility a good thing?
Its not like they add large amounts of weight so what's the beef?
Isn't visibility a good thing?
Its not like they add large amounts of weight so what's the beef?
12-29-03, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by shokhead
Dont need it and it looks dumb.Dont need the weight.They dont do that much good,its been tested.You can have all of mine.
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12-29-03, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by khuon
Don't throw or give away your old reflectors. Do what I do and turn them into Christmas tree ornaments. This of course assumes that you celebrate Christmas.
12-30-03, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by nuovo
Any bicycle that comes with reflectors is only masquerading as a bike. Please destroy the sinister counterfeit. Buy a real bicycle. That's all I have to say.
sucks to be whoever forks out a few grand for that thing...
12-30-03, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by nuovo
Any bicycle that comes with reflectors is only masquerading as a bike. Please destroy the sinister counterfeit. Buy a real bicycle. That's all I have to say.
12-30-03, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by nuovo
Any bicycle that comes with reflectors is only masquerading as a bike. Please destroy the sinister counterfeit. Buy a real bicycle. That's all I have to say.
I do a bit of night riding, so I removed them and put some small reflective tape pieces on the rim. Same effect as the reflectors, but you don't really notice them in the daytime.
12-30-03, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Trekaholic
I've got a "real bicycle" that came with wheel reflectors -- a Trek 5200. It hardly masquerades as a bike. I think there's a law that required the bike to be sold with the reflectors.
I do a bit of night riding, so I removed them and put some small reflective tape pieces on the rim. Same effect as the reflectors, but you don't really notice them in the daytime.
I do a bit of night riding, so I removed them and put some small reflective tape pieces on the rim. Same effect as the reflectors, but you don't really notice them in the daytime.
12-30-03, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rancid_chicken
On millitary bases you are required to have a rear reflector and a front headlight.
12-31-03, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by William Karsten
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I believe the correct term is "Applesauce, Stinky Applesauce".
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Originally Posted by Trekaholic
I've got a "real bicycle" that came with wheel reflectors -- a Trek 5200. It hardly masquerades as a bike. I think there's a law that required the bike to be sold with the reflectors.
I do a bit of night riding, so I removed them and put some small reflective tape pieces on the rim. Same effect as the reflectors, but you don't really notice them in the daytime.
I do a bit of night riding, so I removed them and put some small reflective tape pieces on the rim. Same effect as the reflectors, but you don't really notice them in the daytime.
That's not a knife...
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