21 June 2010

Vintage Reflector

vintage bicycleNo doubt that this entire vintage bicycle is pretty cool. However, the rear reflector was unlike any I'd ever seen before.

glass bead reflector on a bike
It looks relatively ordinary at first glance, nestled in the painted design element of the white-tipped fender, but then you see...

glass bead reflector on a bikethose are red glass beads held there, which reflect when illuminated by a flash or a car's headlights. How classic is that?

6 comments:

Velouria said...

I love, love, love these. There is a company in Germany that sells new-old-stock and reproduction classic bicycle components, and they carry these. I might pick something up while I am here! : )

cycler said...

That is really cool- I think that I've seen vintage street signs that used the same principle of glass beads.
I love the diagonal banding on the fender too- lots of cool things going on in this bike.

David Anderson said...

Of course, there's one on ebay :)

Charlotte said...

David, you're terrible! Now I'm lusting over $60 reflectors I don't really need (but really really want)...

MandG said...

That's beyond cool!

Barbara said...

Waaaay cool!