Seeking advice on a new potential product

[Runflare Team]

Hello cyclers!!

We are a group of students at Boston University School of Management attempting to gather information on a potential product. We would greatly appreciate feeback from members of the cycling community such as yourselves. This short online survey should take no more than 15 minutes:

http://bumanagement.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_dhiRealCSQwbO2p

Thank you so much for your time and consideration.

Happy Cycling!!

 

[monkeylc]

"From our product description, please rate where you think Runflare is on the following attributes."?
How can someone Rate a product they haven't used???

Done though.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Apparently you can't be a runner and a cyclist according to the survey.

Horrible product imho..... i run trail, so having any additional weight on your feet is not desirable, also I kick mud up the back of my legs which would cover these lights.
I would rather put a set of flashing led arm straps round my ankles... for a couple of quid they are cheaper, lower in weight, and can be seen from all angles which is a massive plus.
The strap alternatives are also more flexible in use, I can place them round my arms, the handle bar and seat post on my bike, I can wrap them round the straps of my bags and back packs to name but a few..I always have a couple in my pocket, just in case..... Your product has one use, to remove it, I have to remove the laces from my shoes and its not small Or flexible enough to keep in the pocket of my jacket.

I could not care one bit that's its powered by kinetic energy. The watch battery for the strap alternatives cost very little to replace, I brought my straps from a discount store called the pound store at £1 for two straps, you will not offer your product for close to this imho

A solution for a problem which does not exist imho.

 

[Norm]

Apparently you can't be a runner and a cyclist according to the survey.

The question was 'Do you consider yourself more a runner or a cyclist' so, no, you cannot consider yourself to be 'more' of both.

Agree with the rest of it, although I can understand the benefit of battery-free I wouldn't want to pay more than $5 for that sort of product because of the number and variety of £1 alternatives with hi-viz as well as the lights.

 

[Arthur]

As already mentioned, it's impossible to rate a product without having tested it, so that section of the survey is pointless.

Good quality, powerful, frame-mounted LED rear lights are available at low cost, with excellent battery life. I couldn't see myself being interested in shoe-mounted LEDs, regardless of the price.

 

[Drago]

I'm a keen cyclist with close on 4 decades riding under my belt and this wouldn't interest me. Convention bike lighting is so cheap a d effective now there's little need to supplement it with sonething like this.

 

[Theseus]

Sorry mate, I gave up half way through. Perhaps some design thought needs to go into the survey.

 

[TheDoctor]

Solution desperately seeking a problem IMHO.

 

[byegad]

My sons had shoes like that in the 1980s.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

not to mention spelling mistake - "sown" that's what a farmer does with a plough. "sewn" would be the better option with a needle & thread.

 

[snorri]

There seemed to be an assumption that I take exercise. Don't they realise one of the reasons I cycle is in order to avoid having to take exercise.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I gave up when I found I was being asked questions I couldn't answer. Mind you, given that there's a legal requirement to have orange pedal reflectors in the UK and many cyclists don't, there could be a market for cycling shoes with built in or strap-on reflectors, fore and aft. It's not the law but it would fulfil the function of the law, and I have seen drivers comment on the visibility and instant identification of bikes from seeing them at a distance at night.

 

[biggs682]

sounds like not worth reading the link

 

[wheres_my_beard]

Probably an item that needs the views of people on a running forum. Just a thought. I'm not sure I'd want any extra weight or anything bumping around on my feet if i were a runner.