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I like the indicators idea, less sure Bluetooth speakers is going to endear us to drivers
Not bad. £100 in Evans.
They've got the work stands in. They're an absolute bargain for £25. A proper sturdy piece of kit. They sold out in seconds last time they did them
A mate has the helmet from last time. He's happy with it, but never uses anything other than the normal light functions.
“Riding your bike has never been so enjoyable”… as it is when you’ve got a remote-control light-up plastic hat that people can phone you on?
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I like the indicators idea
Where's that?
Saw in the Evans ad.
I like the indicators idea, less sure Bluetooth speakers is going to endear us to drivers
That's the whole thing, though, isn't it? All of these things are just Stockholm Syndrome Trinkets: designed to exploit people's feelings that not only is there an "us" but that the "us" has to collectively endear itself to "them", drivers, by pretending to be a car. It doesn't even "endear us" to them, it just means that the idiots who think everyone should drive a car have their dumb opinion vindicated because a helmet that functions like a car says you agree and you're ashamed that you're not driving one.
A couple of orange lights a few centimetres apart from each other aren't going to do anything useful. And as for Bluetooth speakers, when was the last time you saw a car without a loud stereo system in it and an enclosed shell to keep the sounds of the surroundings out? Are you really worried that having the facility to hear music as well as your surroundings is something you should be beating yourself up about on the basis that it might upset someone who's awarded themselves the facility to listen to music whilst drowning out the surroundings?
Are the speakers intended for music? I can't imagine that the sound will be very loud or very good.
I assumed they were for phone calls and maybe to hear directions from your phone.
The same point stands, either way.
@Bez
Yeah, I agree with you, my argument was with the OP who thought speakers might irritate card drivers. F*ck 'em.
No use being dead right Bez.
For all your articles on road safety I expected better.
While in an ideal world your right.
This isn't an ideal world.
That last minute evasive action you take when you hear the lock up of wheels behind you might be the thing that saves your life.
- I received a photo from a friend's may day ride today on whatsapp where it did just that and he ended up in a ditch with a car on its side having flattened his bike and stopped in the hedge about 6 feet Infront of where he lay in the ditch he exited stage left to.
If you want to pretend to be a car make broom broom noises , don't use it to justify shutting off your last line of defence to incoming danger.
Er… I’m not sure what you thought I wrote, but which part of it do you think you’re arguing against?
Saving yourself because you hear a car you otherwise wouldn't, isn't the same thing as annoying drivers because you've got speakers in your helmet. Both scenarios are complete nonsense imo. But there you go.
Part of me quite likes the idea of having spoken directions relayed from smart phone to helmet (trail centres might even bring out specific apps) but when I'm actually on my bike I prefer to explore (sometimes with a tatty old paper map)
Am I right thinking that trail rat is suggesting external blue tooth speakers is better than using ear phones when riding on the road, so you can hear cars about to squash you? (it wasn't entirely sensible)
That's just dumb, no music or distraction is better in every case.
Nah, earphones are betterer, cos you get to die hearing a decent soundtrack at good quality.