For n∈N and a commutative ring R with 2∈R×, the group SLn(R) acts on the set Umn(R) of unimodular vectors of length n and Spin2n(R) acts on the set of unit vectors U2n−1(R). We give an example of a ring for which the comparison map Umn(R)/SLn(R)→U2n−1(R)/Spin2n(R) fails to be bijective.