Tag Archives: BrightBike

Beacon Graphics (our vinyl supplier) has made DIY kits. You can get get pre cut, or a 6 foot segment. For bulk orders, contact Dave Lynn at 800 762-9205. You can also stop by the Eyebeam bookstore and pick some up.

Then go to the instructable to get the steps right

Here is a set of photos from the event:

And here is some press coverage from Core77, Gizmodo, and MAKEzine

Bright Bike from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

The Bright Bike is a retroreflective vinyl wrapped bicycle.  We used Scotchlight 680 vinyl.  When the bicycle is in the beam of a light (like a car’s headlight, or a camera’s flash,) it reflects back super bright.  When it is not in the light, it is just jet black.  Ideally, it will aid in nighttime bicycle safety.

More info, a video, and a workshop coming soon

Patrick Davison and I went to Ethan Benton‘s studio last week.  We talked about bikes, looked at fabric, made plans to do some retroreflective powdercoating tests, and he gave me two little scraps of 3M Scotchlite Removable Graphic Film with Comply.  This is the material he is using to make the ELVS co-branded Velocity deep-V’s.

I took the little squares and cut them up into littler rectangles, and put them on my bike (washing those spots first.) You can’t tell they are there in the light, but in the dark they light up bright.  I’m going to try to get more of this material, and wrap the whole bike.