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Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors

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Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors

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Lightweights for Wheels™ power reflectors are made from 3M Scotchlite™ reflective material and can be placed on wheels of all kinds for visibility from all directions.

Package includes 75 precut, pre-measured rectangles for spokes, 5 circles for hub ends and a teaser of 2 ovals and 4 circles of Lightweights stickers for clothing or helmet
36 pieces installed on the bike weighs less than 2 grams
Power reflectors offer far more reflective area than a single spoke reflector, are visible from all directions, and won't fall off like standard reflectors
Lightweights are hardly noticeable until light hits the silver material and then it reflects a brilliant, powerful bright white light

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Item 808967

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Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors Customer Reviews

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Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors

4.6

(based on 10 reviews)

80%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Works as promised (9)
Durable (7)

Cons

Best Uses

Street riding (8)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid cyclist (5), Casual/ recreational (4)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (8)

Reviewed by 10 customers

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Apr

2013

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Amazing - worth every penny

By HillSlug98239

from Pasco, WA

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Durable
Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

My road bike has no reflectors, and although I ride with lights, they're not visible in all directions and I don't always recognize when my blinking tail light has died. I bike commute 9-10 months out of the year in Washington State's Lower Columbia Basin, so being visible in the dark & in twilight is critical.

I love these things for how incredibly bright they are and for how little weight they add to my bike. I put them on about three-quarters of my spokes and the sides & back of my helmet. That helps to create a profile that's easily recognizable by motorists. No more worries about my little red tail light dying on the ride home. (True, the drunk who forgot to turn on his head lights might still hit me, but I try not to think about that.)

Installing them is tedious. Make that TEDIOUS. I wiped off my spokes & did four or five at a time. It was worth the effort. And, as others have noted, the stickers are never going to come off, so I won't have to do this again until I replace my beloved 1987 Trek 460 (which will probably never happen).

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Mar

2013

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Just the ticket

By zamboni

from Asheville, NC

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

These are a little pricey but you get a LOT. Pay heed to the instructions -- this is a 2-backing system. They are less like "stickers" and more like "adhesive membrane". If you get to the point that you're actually handling that membrane, just give up and start again with a new one.

One flag on every spoke is, frankly, mega-overkill. I chose to install mine on my rims rather than on the spokes (They are V-section so side-visibility is still fine). In order to remove the paper backing, i had to catch a corner with a knife, but otherwise installation was a snap. DEFINITELY clean your surface with alcohol first!

These are real 3M and crazy powerful reflectors. You can even catch hits of them in sunlight. The color is pretty unobtrusive and i know from years of commuting that in a couple months they will be coated with a thin film of black road grime -- but as with reflective sidewall tires **they will still reflect excellently**

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Dec

2011

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great buy!

By Gumby[*]

from Georgia

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Visible from all angles
Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Night riding
Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

Gave these as a gift to my dad and he loves them! Like others have said, they take a while to install, so I included "installation" as part of the gift. The makers have really thought out how to make them easiest to install, and I found the included measurement guide very helpful for aligning them evenly. It only took me about an hour, so I suggest you do like I did and enlist someone else to help. I put on the stickers and my boyfriend held the measurement guide. This really helped speed things along. One warning, they are very sticky! I used some of the extra ones around the bike frame, but messed one up by trying to peel it up and move it. That's a good thing though because it means they won't come off easily!

My dad's favorite thing was that you can see them from any angle because they wrap completely around each spoke.

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Nov

2011

(1 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

OK - I guess

By like de bike

from DC

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Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

I was going to write a scathing review until, reading some of the others here, I realized I had installed them wrong. FWIW - the "protective paper" does not delaminate all that well. I thought I had just wrapped my spokes in adhesive tape, to no good effect. Chastened by a careful re-read of the directions, I think I've recovered by carefully removing the protective paper ... but it's a lame a shaky application I'll be living with. You will know you have it right when you find yourself dealing with a stretchy film - that's the payload - has all the reflective function. I believe the post above that said that removal is a horror - it is gummy and sticky and impossibly fragile. Lastly, they look kind of funky on black spokes, but will blend in well on steel. All that said, if you install them correctly, they are reflective.

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Oct

2011

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Light, bright and durable

By Anya S

from Seattle, WA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Bright
Durable
Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

These little guys work exactly as promised. They are bright, small and aesthetically smart. They blend in quite well with steel finish spokes and reflect light very well. The pack contains more than enough pieces to outfit wheels (and mess up a few times) and whatever else that could use reflectors, even clothes and shoes. The application process is a bit tedious, but that's not surprising considering the nature of the product: lots of little stickers.

The excellent adhesive properties of these stickers are a double-edge sword. Rain, dirt and dust are not a problem, these reflectors are not coming off. However... If you are off in the application, you can't just remove the sticker and re-apply it. Additionally, if for whatever reason you need to take all of them off the spokes as I've had to do, you're in for hours of "fun" (which is to say, no fun at all) and if the spokes have any kind of a finish that's not plain smooth steel, you may be out of luck. I had to use solvent, very careful scraping with a small serrated blade and fingernail power to remove the reflectors. That said, if you don't foresee yourself needing to remove the stickers, you won't regret buying these. Well worth the money and the application time.

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Jul

2011

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Fantastic!

By tanksOnline

from East Bay Area, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

These are tedious to install -- but what do you expect? It's a bunch of little stickers! Grab a beer, turn on some music or public radio, follow the directions, and settle in for a tedious chore that is going to payoff BIG once you get it over with.

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Apr

2011

(11 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great product!

By BikeHer

from Oklahoma City, OK

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Pros

Durable
Super reflective
Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

Running
Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

I put these on the spokes of my commuter bike and let me tell you that they put off some serious reflection in headlights!! I cut the stickers in half, and wound up putting a double roll of reflectors on the spokes (one row near the rim, the other row near the hub). I used the extras on my running vest and other parts of the bike that I wanted to be reflective.
Excellent product! I'm getting ready to buy some more to bling out my other bikes.

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Mar

2011

(8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great reflectors

By SDHO

from Minneapolis, MN

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Pros

Durable
Reflective
Works as promised

Cons

Difficult to apply

Best Uses

Night riding
Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

Just got these reflectors recently, and am already quite impressed. As another reviewer noted, these do take some time to get on right. It took about 90 minutes for me to do both my wheels. Follow the instructions diligently -- be sure to clean the spokes with degreaser or alcohol as written. Getting the backing paper to release but the sticker to stay on the spoke is tricky, but you will get the hang of it. These seem to adhere really well: I had to remove a couple of "goofs," where I wasn't satisfied, and it was quite difficult to get the sticker off. I think they'll hold on well for several years.

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Feb

2011

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

I Love Lightweights

By Kathryn Schubert

from Chicago, IL

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Durable
Works as promised

Cons

Best Uses

BMX
Single-track mountain biking
Street riding

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

I have lightweights on all my bikes. I wouldn't ride at night without them - and without lightweights for clothing on my jacket too. They really make your whole wheel reflect as you ride.

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Jan

2011

(3 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Look Great, Difficult Application

By Groat

from Fairfax Station, VA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Bright
Durable
Works as promised

Cons

Difficult Installation

Best Uses

Comments about Lightweights for Wheels Power Reflectors:

These reflectors are great. They weigh almost nothing, they're brighter than most 'stock' reflectors, and they look nice. I feel that the round shape of them going around your wheel better helps in identification as well. They are durable and likely to last for years on end. Heck, some extras were even included just in case you break a spoke or something.

The one big problem with these is that putting them on is a non-trivial exercise. It took me 2+ hours to do my front and rear wheel. You see, each piece has a paper 'backing' on the non-sticky side of it for initial support. You must first get the sticky side to stick to the spoke which requires a lot of pressure and a good amount of patience. Quite honestly, now that I know the work involved, I'm not sure I would want to do it again.