http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31709204
I suppose it's a step in the right direction.
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The "Ford' Bike
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Posted 9 years ago #
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"an alert system that warns the cyclist when a vehicle is overtaking by vibrating both handlebars"
Just the system we're all crying out for, I'm sure. I wonder what alert it gives you when a vehicle is about to fail to overtake you.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Maybe there's another sensor in the fork to detect vibrations from the road surface which the handlebar-vibrating motors usually cancel out - when it's supposed to be warning of an overtake, it switches off and lets the normal road-rattle through.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Just what problem is that supposed to solve? Likewise the light up handlebars.
Driver (texting):- ZOMG, I wuz like totes going to drive over that cyclist but ther handlebars lit up so I like didn't. Lulz.
You can tell this bike has been designed by a car manufacturer. I predict epic failure on a google glass scale.
Ebikes=great. CarEbikes=terrible
Posted 9 years ago # -
Standing on the shoulders of other such giants of the automotive industry who throught they could "do better" with bikes like Land Rover and BWM?
Posted 9 years ago # -
an alert system that warns the cyclist when a vehicle is overtaking by vibrating both handlebars
Why that's so that the cyclist knows when to cower into the gutter to make way for the more important and far superior Ford driver
Posted 9 years ago # -
Oh yes. Silly me. :-)
I am also intrigued as to how they are going to get cycle couriers to buy an enormously complicated, expensive and probably pretty darned heavy bike that is going to require regular charging to keep it going throughout the day. Answers on a postcard.
Posted 9 years ago # -
@Min
Also, expect your annual service to cost £300 plus parts rather than £80.
Oooooh, sorry love your handlebar vibration unit's gone. I can't let you ride that.
Posted 9 years ago # -
At the very least!
Hmm, while reading some of the other links it would appear that the BBC has actually got it wrong. The explanation here is slightly less rubbish but still apparently developed by someone who has never ridden a bike before.
The app delivers navigation information to the rider through vibrations in the handlebars.
For example, handle-bar grip vibrations let the rider know when to turn. At the same time, lights on either side of the handlebars will illuminate to let other cars, cyclists and pedestrians know when the bike is about to turn.
You'd be riding round in circles! Alternatively, the vibrations might have to be so violent to be felt over the potholes that you are really going to need the indicators so you don't have to relinquish the deathgrip you need to stay on. Perhaps I was too quick to pour scorn?
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