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    When Cyclists Are Forced to Fly, There's This Bicycle Luggage

    Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?

    Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake

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    Image of modernape modernape
    10/25/09

    In reply to When Cyclists Are Forced to Fly, There's This Bicycle Luggage
    er, how exactly would a 'cyclist of your caliber' ride to europe??? #cycling
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment modernape was starred modernape was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/25/09

    @modernape: See here: [gizmodo.com] #cycling
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    Image of blash blash
    10/25/09

    In reply to When Cyclists Are Forced to Fly, There's This Bicycle Luggage
    It's awesome until you consider:

    a) How many bicycle thefts there are
    b) The ridiculous risk of packing valuables in your luggage
    c) How obvious that this is a bike to a baggage handler

    Because I seriously doubt this fits in an overhead bin. #cycling
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment blash was starred blash was unstarred
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    10/25/09

    @blash: It may be possible for an entire bike to be stolen, but unless you fly The Airline Bubba Done Built Airways, it's likely you'll not have much to worry about. I have a feeling a baggage handler would not be as eager to snatch something that big, unless you're flying out of the Disputed Zone. #cycling
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    10/25/09

    In reply to When Cyclists Are Forced to Fly, There's This Bicycle Luggage
    And all for only 1100 dollars, plus shipping. Awesome. Might be worth it for some though. #cycling
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    10/25/09

    @PlaneParts: For some cyclists with $15k bikes, $1,100 is not particularly much to spend to be able to carry your bike with you. #cycling
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    10/25/09

    @ytkliu: And I bet the case weighs more than their bikes... #cycling
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    10/25/09

    In reply to When Cyclists Are Forced to Fly, There's This Bicycle Luggage
    I don't think anybody cut from much "lesser cloth" would even consider buying this thing. If they're riding Huffy's (or anything NOT carbon/aluminum), then they probably don't want to bother dis/assembling their bike. Nor would they shell out the money for this thing, as spiffy as it is.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by Gordonium at 10/25/09 2:48 PM Gordonium was starred Gordonium was unstarred
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    The same thing can be accomplished with a stick, horse blinders, and lots of yelling. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of UGAdawg UGAdawg
    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    Oh for fuck's sake! Whatever happened to the right of passage of getting nicked up shins and knees while learning how to ride? I remember back in the day learning how to ride on my Huffy banana seat bike and banging up my shins pretty good. I had not mastered the art of braking and my pedals where made of metal and they'd bang against my shins after I put my feet on the ground at the end of stopping. It was no biggie. Plus there's something about having your dad holding the back of your bike pushing you along and making sure you don't fall. I'd rather have those memories than one sitting in front of a screen. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment UGAdawg was starred UGAdawg was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/19/09

    @UGAdawg: I think this is more for simulating a controlled situation to teach kids how to handle traffic situations while riding. I can't imagine this machine teaches a kid to balance a "2-wheeler" properly
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    Edited by Lizard_King at 10/19/09 9:23 PM Lizard_King was starred Lizard_King was unstarred
    Image of UGAdawg UGAdawg
    10/19/09

    @Lizard_King: In that case then I think having your parents riding along side you would be better than this. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    10/19/09

    @UGAdawg: Absolutely, but some parents will go to great lengths to automate something instead of spending time with their kids. Also, as the threads below suggest, maybe some adults aren't the best role models from which to learn rules. I'm all for personal responsibility, as well as letting parents raise their children, but if this method keeps kids from getting hit on their bikes, or gives them the confidence to get outside and ride their bikes, I'm for it. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    You know, I get so sick of seeing grown adults riding bikes on the sidewalks. Kids don't need this; adults do. I say we make anyone over the age of 15 who is caught braking traffic laws while on a bike, take mandatory lessons on this. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/19/09

    @Software_Goddess: I say anyone breaking traffic laws on a bicycle over the age of 15 get put in a wooden stock and get pummeled with rotten tomatoes. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    10/19/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well... I was saving those tomatoes for the drunks that walk on the train tracks to avoid detection, but... OK #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    @Software_Goddess: also, biking on the wrong side of the road is also really annoying. A bicycle is a vehicle, you bike on the RIGHT side of the road (unless you live in England or one of the other countries where you drive on the left).

    But worst of all is the drivers who simply refuse to acknowledge that people are biking, and will either cut them off or force the cyclist to brake/swerve wildly to avoid being run over or running into the car. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of headc4se headc4se
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: My car is bigger than their bike, as such I have the right of way. Same thing with pedestrians. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment headc4se was starred headc4se was unstarred
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    10/20/09

    @headc4se: Oh I had no idea we could make up our own rules! Let me try: Oh since I'm faster on my motorcycle than just about anything else, I have the right of way. Or, since when on the bicycle, I consume no gas or produce no emmisions I have the right of way.

    Or hey, I like this one best - Since 99% of roads gets funded by property taxes all you renters can get the f*ck off my roads. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    10/20/09

    @Lizard_King: I do like the rule about the motorcycles, since I usually do give myself the right of way when I'm riding, safely of course. Since you don't produce any emissions on a bicycle, I would have to take your right of way since idling isn't bad for the environment. Unfortunately, the whole renter thing doesn't work, since rent does include something towards property taxes, etc.. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    Is it just me or does the screen kinda look like a giant iPhone? #hondabicyclesimulator
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    I see a use for this in my neighborhood - take the brake levers off and teach the hipsters how to ride in traffic. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Image of bigpolla bigpolla
    10/19/09

    In reply to Who Needs Training Wheels When You Have Ridiculously Elaborate Bicycle Simulators?
    this is it. this is the starting point in which family life is destroyed. where the bronze of technology fills the fabric of human connection and love.

    dam you honda. dam you. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment bigpolla was starred bigpolla was unstarred
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    10/19/09

    @bigpolla: Learning to trust the machines at an early age will be our downfall.

    Seriously though, the family-time element of learning to ride is often removed when the parents decide to hire the guy at the local bike shop to teach their kid to ride. #hondabicyclesimulator
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake
    Bicyclists elect not to follow any rules of the road, so why would they have any interest in signaling anything to drivers?

    I think bicycles should be banned from city streets. They're a menace to pedestrians and drivers alike.
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    10/17/09

    @darex000: You sir, are an idiot. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    Image of Neal Spinler Neal Spinler
    10/15/09

    In reply to Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake
    I would like this without the turn signal option. I don't want to fumble with that when arm signals are much easier and what driver are used to looking for. But a brake light, that's fantastic. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment Neal Spinler was starred Neal Spinler was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @Neal Spinler: So it's easier to take your hand off the handlebar and signal than to move your thumb two inches in either direction? What do your arms look like? #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    Image of Stuart Axel Owen Stuart Axel Owen
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks: Signaling with your arms is easy and very visible. Would you notice if a tiny yellow light started blinking on the back of a bike you were speeding by? I wouldn't. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment Stuart Axel Owen was starred Stuart Axel Owen was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @Stuart Axel Owen: Well, I walk with two LED flashing lights when I go walking. According to people I know, you can see them from about 1/2 mile off, so you see the flashing before you even see me. So yes, much like I notice them on cars and motorcycles, I would notice them here.

    I hope no motorcycle drivers drive around you, because you apparently ignore them. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake
    I wonder how bright it gets when I slam into some guy's mirror... Again. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake
    I remember reading an article in either Scientific American or Discover magazine where they were discussing making brake lights flash a certain pattern which makes the brain believe an object is coming at it, so it elicits a faster response. IIRC, they were thinking of putting it on buses so that in crowded streets, with constant stop and go, it would help avoid accidents. I wish I could find it or at least see if they ever put it in a product. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake
    On the geeky side, any idea whether an accelerometer uses energy as it is waiting for a change to communicate?

    The battery life on this is quite good and the design concept is fantastic. I am cheapskate, but when the price comes down on this concept I would make the investment for my late night bike rides to Taco Bell. #spooklightaccelerometerlight
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