Fantasy safety feature

[Andy Pandy]

Tattoo arm warmers are the best safety device I have ever bought.

Cars give me a next two foot when passing, and no-one, and I do mean no-one ever pulls out on me.

I have had WVMs nod at me as I have passed their junction.

It also helps that I shave my head, but that has more to do with a lack of hair than being hard. Trust me, they work better than any bit of orange plastic

http://www.prankplace.com/tattoo.htm

PS I am far to scared to ever get a real tat, plus the wife would kill me.

 

[frog]

Brilliant!

Do they do leg warmers as well?

And a buff?

 

[Yorkshireman]

I used to know a bloke who's bike has one of those orange-reflectors-on-a-stick (he was a regular at a pub I worked in), he swore that since fitting it all car/van/etc drivers gave him extra room when overtaking.

I tried one of those out 20 odd years ago (I have fitted dafter things to bikes) ... I swear that motorists thought it was a target ...

 

[Mr Pig]

I've often fantasized of having some sort of pole, sticking out from the bike parallel to the road...

Yip, I've thought about the same thing, with the blade on the end and everything. I like the idea.

 

[PrettyboyTim]

It also helps that I shave my head, but that has more to do with a lack of hair than being hard. Trust me, they work better than any bit of orange plastic

Fantastic!

Not sure anybody would be very impressed by them on my skinny little arms, though...

 

[John the Monkey]

I tried one of those out 20 odd years ago (I have fitted dafter things to bikes) ... I swear that motorists thought it was a target ...

I've heard other people say that the motorist thinks "Ah, so trhat's how much room a cyclist needs" and then pass close to the reflector thinking they're doing you a favour...

 

[Maz]

I have a giant-size orange plastic lollipop attached to the front passenger door of my car. I use it to knock over cyclists as I overtake them!

 

[GrahamG]

I'm a bit more simple - a Glock 22 tucked into the back of my trousers would be ideal.

 

[domtyler]

Bucket of oil on the rear rack, deploy onto road surface in front of your 'favourite' motorist!

 

[Riding in Circles]

We live in a high tech age, I am developing a miniature surface to surface missile system that can be deployed from recumbent trikes, utilising a HUD in the fairing, initially it will be available for Catrikes but expect Trice and Windcheetah versions to follow.

 

[Bollo]

I'm a bit more simple - a Glock 22 tucked into the back of my trousers would be ideal.

I believe our American cousins have a thing for guns

 

[Riding in Circles]

But the Trice version will be better engineered and the Windcheetah version will be lighter....

Catrikes are better engineered and lighter than both of them, but there you go.

I like all three but I know which is the best.

 

[dantheman]

I have friends in China who will burn factories to the ground for a pound of grapes and a copy of July's Razzle.

clearly theyre not your friends if theyre charging you that much!!!!

clearly a rip off..

 

[cupoftea]

How about a force field like in Star Trek?

 

[liambauckham]

You can get them, they are those sprung sticky out reflector things.

that seems cool, even better you could always tape some kind of blade or rough edge so if it did come into contact with a car in theory should take some paint with it