@bikemonterey @bikenite A1. I am in Oakland, CA, and it's unseasonably warm. Definitely worried about climate change in general, and wildfires later in the summer.

I do have a few sets of ankle bands that have some combination of hi-vis and a reflective stripe that were from giveaways. I don't use them though I think they help. Having reflectors/lights that are moving are supposed to help provide dynamic visibility.

I've seen a few people with the Redshift Arclight pedals. Those are very visible and look pretty nice.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1. Posting from near Portland, OR.The cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

My gear depends on the season.

In summer, I ride in a long sleeve neon orange shirt. In winter, I ride with a Proviz jacket and gloves. I've got RydeSafe reflective stickers all over my bike. So I glow if I am in a car's headlights.

But, I consider reflective materials to be a passive failsafe - I prefer active safety measures. Like the custom wheel lights I 3D printed.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1: Posting from NodnoL, England :)

I ride with pink socks. I think this is a good place to put high vis fabric as usually they are in movement. More likely to be seen (if the driver is not staring at their phone)

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite Fluorescent ankle bands, and I also recently got the Redshift pedals with integrated lights last year. They are heavy but what’s a hundred grams when safety is on the line?

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A1) I'm posting from the Coconino National Forest, but from a different part of the forest than I posted from last week.

I rarely ride on the road and never at night, so no reflective or hi-visibility gear at all.

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A1. Rushford, Minnesota.

I have lots of reflective stuff. I put a reflective vest on at night. Before I retired I would get off work at 8pm, 10pm, 12am, or 2am. They did help with people who *were* paying attention, so fewer close calls.. The ones who weren't and speeding -- not so much. They would have hit a truck instead, too.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1: Nagoya, Japan. My bikes have a front and rear light, but I've ridden in black or dark blue garb at night without worrying much. That has to do with the environment though: on our streets I'm able to ride where they ain't, if I take it slow.

From April, a new rule in Japan will require bikes to stay off sidewalks and mix in traffic. I haven't looked it up, but I figure the police won't be too eager to force riders to endanger themselves.
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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite #BikeNite A1 Boonwurrung land, Melbourne, Aus

I don't, but our teenager uses them to hold the school pants in for the school ride. Call me hypocritical, I think they're great for being seen, I'm just old and jaded and know damn well that drivers can see me, they just don't give a damn

@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite #BikeNite A1. Posting from home in New England, USA, as usual.

I do not have special reflectors or lights for my feet, but my pedals have reflectors and I use front and rear lighting around the clock. On my primary transportation ebike, I have two front and two rear lights on at all times, plus reflective decals on my helmet and reflective stripes on my tires. My outerwear also has reflective piping, and there are reflective stripes on my panniers.

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A1: Posting from York in Yorkshire, UK.

I have ridden with reflective ankle bands and a small flashing light on the right ankle* in the past, but I don't nowadays. I do have reflective tape on the cranks and rear rack though. My cycle luggage also has reflective patches on the rear side. I also have Proviz reflective clothing for nocturnal usage.

* I live in the UK, where we ride on the correct side of the road! 😂🤣😂🤣😂

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1 posting from Vienna, Austria, Europe.

No reflectors, no high viz that I am aware of, so no recommendations.

@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite HI I'M LATE A1: Usual north of Seattle, inside Line A, all that noise. I do not wear special clothing when biking but that's okay, my bike's blingy enough.

Seriously if you can't see me coming you're wearing a welder mask or some shit there's no excuse xD

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1. Riding around Tootlanta as usual. I don't have any high viz/blinkers for my legs really. I think I have a single pant leg holder that has some reflectors, but I still haven't gotten the memo about skinny jeans being out so I rarely use it. I prefer those kinds of things to just be integrated onto the bike or the clothing I'm going to wear rather than a separate additional thing to put on.

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#BikeNite A1: #WaterlooRegion, as usual.

I wear a yellow reflective "snap band" on my ankle, and a silver reflective armband when I can find it. It used to be my ankle strap, good for holding my pants cuff. I wear both straps on the traffic side (left in Canada).

The snap band is too loose, and I'm constantly checking it hasn't fallen off. The armband is getting old, and much of the reflective surface has worn off. I may get something with lights instead.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1: 'tis I, the late Moz in Sydney, Oz. I've been out house hunting and about ready to start hunting real estate agents.

I have a fluoro flip strap thing I got as a promo item ages ago, it's faded but still lives round the seatpost on my cargo bike for the times I ride in long pants.

I'm a bit fan of self-adhesive reflective tape. There's bits of it all over my bikes.

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Tucked up in bed in Manchester, Englandshire. It's quarter past six in the morning and too early for coffee.

No. I've tried them for running in the past, but never really got on with them.
The closest I have now is a reflective strip on the back of my sandals (Shimano SD501), and a nominally reflective bit around the top of my Dexshell socks.

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A1. nodnoL, UK

I use reflective snapbands around my ankles when I commutes in the winter, but not in summer.

Nothing else on my legs because if drivers don't see those which are 360° reflective, then they're not looking and nothing will help.

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A1
Still cycling on a remote Scottish island

I've got a couple of snap bands which never make it onto my legs - generally wearing jeans when I'm travelling about the island, and the snap bands are too short to stay in place.
My touring bike is covered in red reflective tape (on the bike frame and pannier rack)

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A1. Home in Rome, as ever. I do have reflective ankle things, those spring steel bands that you can sort of snap round your ankle (Or wrists when walking out at night). I find them very useful both for keeping my trousers out of the chain ring and, I hope, for alerting drivers to my existence. But I have no idea how effective they actually are.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1. Eastern PA. Sorry I have not been here for a bit.

I have worn the reflective ankle wraps, in my bike commuting days, that I also used to keep my pants cuffs ojt of the chain. They worked great for that but as for safety, who knows. I never got hit but there is no way to say it was these reflectors or anything else.

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@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite #BikeNite A1: Posting from Zurich, Switzerland. I usually wear narrow, yellow fluorescent and reflective ankle bands (by Wowow) so that my jeans don't get dirty on the chain and for better visibilty.

But I only wear them with long trousers. I though also have quite colorful (often yellow fluorescent) socks or socks with reflective stripes woven in at ankle height.

On some shoes I applied silver or black reflective textile stickers from https://reflective.berlin/

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Probably too late today but it is MSR and also a lovely spring day

London per usual

Yes. They are the best place to attract attention.

Sealskin led overshoes.

But I don't do huge amount of night riding nowdays

@ascentale @bikemonterey @bikenite A1. Santa Clara, CA. Where it is not over 90/32 today, breaking five days in a row…

I don’t wear reflective ankle bands, because I avoid riding at night (and missing out I know). But I do sometimes wear them walking at night, which I don’t do often. But I don’t mind wearing them, and I think that they do make me more visible, which is why I put them on. I know, I know we shouldn’t have to but I like seeing others when I’m out out at night, so I figure others would like to see me. #BikeNight

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A1. Posting from an unexpectedly dry moment on the #LeftCoast of #Canada!

A1.a. I have a reflective trouser strap for the right leg in my bag, worn primarily with a pair of rain slacks to keep them out of the chain rings. I have not, personally, noticed any visibility benefit to it.

As a sometimes-driver, I do see and note peds - and their dogs - who glow unnaturally in the dark/foggy.

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