If you are planning to commute on your fixed gear through the darker winter months, you might want to visit the bike shop and check out the new Bici 3M Reflective frame pad that just arrived.The 3M reflective frame pad looks like a normal light gray frame pad during the day. But the entire surface is made from a reflective material produced by 3M. The frame pad turns a really bright reflective white when it catches the light. One advantage of reflective material on the top tube is that cars entering a main street from a side streets can see you. The first photo, taken inside the shop, shows afternoon sunlight on the frame pad (and the bags in the background with reflective piping and trim). The second photo shows a non-reflective frame pad covered in a white material next to the reflective Bici 3M reflective pad. Again, this photo was taken indoors in the afternoon, and the Bici 3M reflective pad is reflecting sunlight. It is wicked bright.
Photos by Wheelgirl
