Using Old CD's as Reflectors?

Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

On Feb 13, 10:47*am, "Papa Tom" wrote:
Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

use them as ding-disks; fling them at cars that pass too close or
cross into your lane while they pass oncoming traffic- see if you can
ding them

On Feb 13, 10:47*am, "Papa Tom" wrote:
Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

I don't think they'd be much good for anything more than decorations,
or keeping your nice mahogany coffee table from getting mug rings.
They are reflective, yes, but not like a retroreflector which reflects
light back to where it came from, they are more like a mirror or a
pond and will reflect the light off somewhere else unless it is
pointed straight at you.

nate

grindum, mix with asphalt, seal ur driveway or fill potholes down at
the park.

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"Papa Tom" wrote:

Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

Not bicycle-related but at least road-related: I often see them swinging
in the breeze, hanging from tree branches or metal posts, where roads
pass through a forest. I think the idea is that a reflection from
headlights will help keep a deer from crossing the road as a car
approaches at night.

Ned in Zurich

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:47:26 -0500, "Papa Tom"
wrote:

Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

Not bicycle related, but I saw several Wannado installation CD's
strung between fruit trees as bird scarers in a garden in France a few
years ago. Whether they worked, and if they did whether the content
affected their efficiency I don't know.

Papa Tom wrote:
:: Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and
:: DVD's yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?
::
:: I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs
:: -- the results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am
:: just waiting for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

Hang them on your tomato plants to keep birds from pecking the fruit.

Pat

On Feb 13, 8:47*am, "Papa Tom" wrote:
Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

I would imagine if you stepped in some doggy's 'gift' on a retro ride
you could use one to clean out your TA cleats...

tf

On Feb 13, 9:47*am, "Papa Tom" wrote:
Has anybody figured out a good bicycle-related use for old CD's and DVD's
yet -- perhaps as some type of reflector?

I am one of the gazillion people sitting on a stack of useless discs -- the
results of bad burns or outdated software content -- and I am just waiting
for the ultimate recycling idea to come along.

In 1989, I was at the Grand Canyon visitors center, and they
recommended old CDs as emergency reflectors in your backpack if you
were going down into the canyon.

On 13 Feb, 19:59, Ned Mantei wrote:
Not bicycle-related but at least road-related: I often see them swinging
in the breeze, hanging from tree branches or metal posts, where roads
pass through a forest. I think the idea is that a reflection from
headlights will help keep a deer from crossing the road as a car
approaches at night.
Ned in Zurich

I have seen them hanging from trees and from fence posts on the side
of roads in the Simmenthal region, and wondered what they were for. I
fancied they might be like the flags in the Himalaya.

Sergio
Pisa
(just back from Chamues-ch )