in a traditional manner to make the reflective protective sleeving 20 to apply the reflective protective sleeving 20 to a bicycle a segment of protective sleeving 20 is cut to a length that matches that of a particular brake cable the brake cable 16 is then disconnected from the bicycle at at least one end the protective sleeving 20 is advanced over the brake cable 16 until the protective sleeving 20 extends along the length of the brake cable 16 the brake cable 16 is then reattached to the bicycle it is understood that the illustration of a bicycle is merely exemplary and that the reflective protective sleeving can be applied over most any cable tube or gathering of wires in certain application it may not be practical to disconnect a tube cable or group of wires in order to install the reflective protective sleeving in such scenarios the reflective protecting sleeving can be fabricated with a seam referring to fig3 a segment of reflective protective sleeving 30 is shown in this embodiment the protective sleeving 30 has a seam 32 that runs the length of the protective sleeving 30 hook and loop fastening material 34 is positioned adjacent the seam 32 the hook and loop fastening material 34 enables the.