Timeline for Conceptual: Bike Lights built into Grips
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| Feb 28, 2017 at 14:54 | answer | added | Ben Shakespeare | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 6:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/784641971474366464 | ||
| Oct 5, 2016 at 12:37 | answer | added | Qwerky | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 27, 2016 at 17:24 | comment | added | armb | (There have been designs of lights with replaceable batteries that locked with a key, and could only be taken off their bracket when unlocked.) | |
| Sep 27, 2016 at 17:22 | comment | added | armb | If the lights can't be removed easily, even by the user, how do you plan to recharge them? (Some people do have electricity convenient to where they keep their bikes, but not all.) | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 22:21 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Criggie I don't see any cognitive overload problem, here. They're white lights, facing forwards, just like any other bike lights. The only small difference is that there are two of them but I don't think that's confusing at all. I occasionally see cyclists with two front lights and it doesn't faze me in the slightest. | |
| Sep 26, 2016 at 15:37 | comment | added | Chris H | I made it hard for my front light to be stolen (just anti-tamper torx screws). So someone stole half of it, the bit you'd remove to change the batteries, which also had the LEDs in. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 21:29 | comment | added | Móż | We recommend that new members take the tour to get to know how to make best use of the site. This is either market research or homework, and wither way it's a survey question explicitly asking for opinions, so it's off topic here. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 19:51 | answer | added | RoboKaren | timeline score: 9 | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 18:49 | history | edited | bzink88 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2016 at 17:50 | comment | added | bzink88 | Criggie, I fully agree with what you are saying especially when lights are applied to the outer side of the handlebars, however, I don't plan on these lights being used as blinkers, just forward facing front lights. Thanks for the input Carel, I am well aware of this. The intent is to have front facing lights not rear facing red lights. I will try and upload a photo to further explain what is going on in my head. Thanks for the input so far everyone! please keep it coming ;) | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 17:33 | comment | added | bzink88 | njzk2 it would be like a light that is essentially the inner "lock-on" portion of a locking grip, if that makes any sense. Then, since the light slides on before you put your grip on, there is no way for anyone to take the light off the bars without taking the entire grip off and then unsnapping the light from the grip itself. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | I tend to use an extra battery powered headlight around the stem of the handlebar, this is just a wrap around and loop over system, but I can see a much more long term, not easy to take off system. I would prefer that over lights on my grips. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 7:28 | comment | added | Chris H | It might be better to build them into bar ends, where they're less likely to be obscured. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 7:23 | comment | added | Carel | Grips with red lights pointing backwards do exist! | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 6:14 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Explore the concept of cognitive overload for drivers and other road users. I remember seeing an american-format brake light indicator that was using a repeated sideways blink pattern to indicate a turn. I was so distracted by this new weird-looking thing that I almost ran into his rear. Basically my attention bucket was starved by this new blinky thing and my functional level dropped. This is a significant factor in why bicycle indicators are a bad idea, unless all bikes have to have them, all together. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 3:37 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 25, 2016 at 3:21 | comment | added | Batman | You might want to look at reviews of the Trek Lync. | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 3:03 | comment | added | njzk2 | (maybe an illustration would help picture exactly what you are trying to do?) | |
| Sep 25, 2016 at 3:02 | comment | added | njzk2 | so basically you would encase the headlights in a ring of rubber that you pass around the handlebar somewhere in the middle? Close to the actual grip, that's where the brakes are on lots of bikes. And that would mean a lot of work for installation. Between that and a model that I have to take off everytime, but that I can install in 2 seconds, I would probably not hesitate much. | |
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| Sep 25, 2016 at 2:00 | history | asked | bzink88 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |