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Adrian wrote:
snip Another thing is that you haver to consider is the road surface , i live in a smallish farming town in devon (UK) and well have alot of crappy roads, and we have huge bloudy tractors dropping lumps of mud on the road ... not a problem in a car maybe but when your on a racing bike with 1" thick wheels. There are more examples but basically what im saying is sometimes its just not safe to take a hand off handle bars when your cycling. And by the way A-levels are what we in the UK do in year 13 in school snip Adrian, Although I personally would not use electronic turn signals myself, I think such a product could be useful for commuters. You are right: sometimes it is bad policy to take a hand off the bars to signal a turn. Unfortunately some of these times--say going downhill fast on a rough road, coming to a right turn with cars crawling up your backside--a signal could really be helpful. Any lighted turn signal system would run into a problem on a bike because the bike is skinny. I'm not sure a blinking light on one side of the handlebars would convey any recognizable message to motorists. "Something on that bicycle is blinking, but I don't know why." The best way would probably be some kind of horizontally mounted post near the back of the bicycle with blinkers on either end. It would probably have to be at least as long as the similar posts on motorcycles to give the proper message to motorists, although that would make it readily crunchable and otherwise a pain in the ass, sorry, arse. Some people really love having all kinds of crap on their bikes though. I think it makes them feel like they're operating a "real vehicle" if it has truck mirrors and a radio on the bars. This hearkens back to the old days in America when every bike came with a fake gas tank. Your idea for having the lights in the bar-ends is elegant, simple, nice, but ultimately I think ineffective. Make the light covers round so the blinkers can be seen from any direction. I dont like your brake lever activation system--too many conflicts. Why not rig it up with a simple three-way switch mounted to the handlebar? Most of the folks who would like such a thing will be using upright bikes and flat bars. A wireless system would be excellent, and a new twist. Good luck, Robert |
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I am an A-level product design student, for my my major project i have
decided to design and make indicators to put on a bicycle. They are already out there available for purchase. See http://www.bseen101.com/ Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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In article , omcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) writes:
I am an A-level product design student, for my my major project i have decided to design and make indicators to put on a bicycle. They are already out there available for purchase. See http://www.bseen101.com/ Go ahead with your A-level design project. maybe you can come up with something better. In any case, you'll learn a little more about the design process, which is the goal for you. Here, the freshman engineering students all design bike racks for pickup beds. None of them is any better than what you can already buy, but someday some student will come up with a better design. Of course, I can't imagine wanting to put a bike in a pickup truck bed instead of riding it. ;-) |
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On 4 Jan 04 09:21:33 MDT, (Bob Bayn, Network &
Computing Services) wrote: Here, the freshman engineering students all design bike racks for pickup beds. None of them is any better than what you can already buy, but someday some student will come up with a better design. A guess: a design for a bike which has actual wheels so can be ridden to the bike track? ;-) Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk |
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