Another weird bicycle indicator system.

[Pale Rider]

Oh dear!

Looks like we are due 'invention' of the chainless bicycle and solid tyres any time soon.

Chainless bicycle?

A Gates Carbon Drive is what's needed:

http://www.carbondrivesystems.com/

Solid tyres?

These aren't solid, but there's no (pressurised) air in them:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...in-bike-tyres-puncture-proof-help-faster.html

 

[byegad]

Yup.

 

[PpPete]

Car drivers do not expect them on a bicycle. They expect an arm indication.

Some cyclists bicycle users are not confident about holding an arm off the handlebars for a significant length of time

The lights are too close together to distinguish right from left and vice versa.

At least the design in the OP overcomes some of that objection

Many cyclists now run flashing rear lights which would add to the confusion.

One would hope that the chevrons would light up in sequence so that it is obvious to the dimmest motorist that the bike is going to thataway.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating use of these, wouldn't be seen dead using them myself - just don't think we should condemn innovative thinking out of hand because previous designs like the Winkku are distinctly crap sub-optimal.

 

[ianrauk]

One would hope that the chevrons would light up in sequence so that it is obvious to the dimmest motorist that the bike is going to thataway.

With this Pete.
Any cyclist that uses them, say turning left for instance, would be near a kerb mostly anyway. So the lights would be distorted by road furniture, parked cars, the kerb etc. You would have to be in primary all the time for them to be noticeable as per the pic in your first post..

I'm not condemning innovation. It's just that it's an invention that is really not needed.

 

[Rob3rt]

Why are they wasting their time with this, they should be busy working on force fields!

 

[byegad]

I have a design for a bike with a 50"+ front wheel and a tiny rear wheel. Does anyone think it'll catch on?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

There was something similar a while back that put a light 'exclusion zone' on the ground around you. That disappear without trace very quickly, this'll go the same way I think.

 

[Pale Rider]

There was something similar a while back that put a light 'exclusion zone' on the ground around you. That disappear without trace very quickly, this'll go the same way I think.

Would that be the Blaze bike light?

The lass who invented it has got the money to make the first batch:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/embrooke/blaze-bike-light?ref=live

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Would that be the Blaze bike light?

The lass who invented it has got the money to make the first batch:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/embrooke/blaze-bike-light?ref=live

No it wasn't that, it projected lines onto the road on either side of you,

 

[Davidc]

Agree with Ian.

The various types of indicators cause confusion and can be dangerous because there is no standard.

I wear a luminous band on each wrist in the hope my outstretched arm will be seen more easily.

So do I, the slap wraps which are reflective and also bright hiviz stuff for in daylight. I've been told (by a cyclist who's seen me while driving) that they're very effective.

 

[PpPete]

With this Pete.
Any cyclist that uses them, say turning left for instance, would be near a kerb mostly anyway. So the lights would be distorted by road furniture, parked cars, the kerb etc. You would have to be in primary all the time for them to be noticeable as per the pic in your first post..

Very true.... but having a device that "encourages" one to ride primary may not be a bad thing.

I'm not condemning innovation. It's just that it's an invention that is really not needed.

Certainly not needed by you, nor by me, nor the majority of competent cyclists who can ride in such a way as to make their intentions clear. But at the risk of repeating myself... not everyone who rides a bike is as confident that they can accurately steer whilst holding one arm out in a clear and unequivocal signal.

 

[tyred]

I have a design for a bike with a 50"+ front wheel and a tiny rear wheel. Does anyone think it'll catch on?

Do you do a 27 speed version?

 

[byegad]

Do you do a 27 speed version?

You miss the essential part of the concept.

Climbing big hills? Buy a smaller wheel bike.

Want to go fast? Buy a larger wheel bike!

So we sell lots of bikes to one person.

 

[byegad]

That's the principle Mort except this thing could be called a £2,1p or something along those lines.

 

[tyred]

That's the principle Mort except this thing could be called a £2,1p or something along those lines.

Why not 50p, 20p?