My ebike came with indicators on the rear tail light but bit in the front where I would actually prefer them to be visible at an intersection.
It feels "overkill" as a solution but it is better than taking my hands off the bars
My ebike came with indicators on the rear tail light but bit in the front where I would actually prefer them to be visible at an intersection.
It feels "overkill" as a solution but it is better than taking my hands off the bars
I think given sufficient infrastructure this is a bit of a non issue or otherwised solved by putting 2 eurodollar glowing slap bracelets on your arm, I find it fascinating mostly because I love bicycle gadgets.
Having said that: I think there's quite a few cases with people with disabilities this'd be hella useful for or even just open up bicycle transportation at all and for beginners, if costs go down, this could also be good. I mean riding one handed is a skill distinct from being able to ride a bicycle.
Positioning needs some work though imo, I've seen a lot of "mounted next to the rear brake light" solutions and it feels kind of too tiny as per distance. I think maybe some sort of Fisher 360° light approach'd work better, i.e. projects downwards also:

This does have the problem of being still hard to see out of your angstpanzer 4.0 at any distance less than 20m, but I don't think you can engineer yourself out of that one without touching the angstpanzer 4.0
also looks like Need for Bicycles: Underground 2 as a bonus tbh
Oh yeah I definitely gonna need to get an underglow kit and mount a fat sub to my cargo rack
Is there a BMW or Tesla owner type of cyclist that would own these and never use them? lol
Yes, the kind that rides an expensive carbon road on a mixed bike/pedestrian path at 20-40km/h without even using a bell or their voice to communicate while they pass people.
I am ashamed to admit I did this briefly minus the expensive bike before doing the slightest bit in introspection and imploding out of embarrassment. Maybe the expensive bike isn't even a requirement, I see people doing this on old steel frame road bikes too.
no way in hell would anybody add ~500g of weight at a minimum to their expensive carbon road bike
oh true.
The world became a lot more beautiful when I stopped caring about weight and put flat pedals, fenders, a kick stand, and a cargo rack on my bike. Mostly because I started riding around in it more :D
I am ashamed to admit I did this briefly minus the expensive bike before doing the slightest bit in introspection and imploding out of embarrassment.
Be kind to yourself. At least you did this on a bicycle instead of a massive SUV lol
Not as of yet, as all kits for this are retroactive furnishing and since I don't think the bicycle equivalent to the BMW or tesla guy is much of a tinkerer, generally, they probably won't shell out the like 200€ a shop would take to install this.
Having said that, as it's now legal here I'd expect to see it be slowly introduced first for premium cost e-bikes as a standard and then maybe filter down, so in due time: probably
What's wrong with just using your arm, you need to shoulder check before lane change anyway
Nobody would say this for motorcycles anymore. I don't actually see why bicycles should be any different? If the electricity to do it is there of course.
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