VelocityLight - the bike light that shows your speed

[gaz]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/euanmackenzie/velocitylight-the-intelligent-speedometer-bike-lig

Looks pretty awesome!

 

[TheJDog]

I'd need three digits - waste of time

 

[lukesdad]

Its just a blur unless close up, could be self defeating unles of course you like your motorists close up and personal like.

 

[Davidc]

Unlike most 'new' ideas I see for bikes, I quite like this one. A few of these around might just help re-educate some drivers about bike speeds. The perception that bikes go at about 5mph is widespread and needs correcting. (Even a slow old bloke like me goes between 10 and 20 mph most of the time!).

Probably be expensive though.

Its just a blur unless close up, could be self defeating unles of course you like your motorists close up and personal like.

It's quite big.

 

[cosmicbike]

Shame it's a rear light. Most issues I've had have been people pulling out in front due to misjudging closing speed..

 

[Frood42]

Not so sure...
I noted in the related products there was the Blaze bike light, that looks interesting

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/embrooke/blaze-bike-light
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[Onyer]

I like this idea and may consider putting in some money to back it. But when trying to ask a question you need to log into facetube/twitbonce or something like that, which do not have. So I can't ask the fundamental questions about their business plan.

 

[Frood42]

I like this idea and may consider putting in some money to back it. But when trying to ask a question you need to log into facetube/twitbonce or something like that, which do not have. So I can't ask the fundamental questions about their business plan.

I logged in by signing up using the "New to Kickstarter?" form, no faceache account required.

https://www.kickstarter.com/signup?ref=nav

I backed the See.Sense lights.
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[deptfordmarmoset]

I like this idea and may consider putting in some money to back it. But when trying to ask a question you need to log into facetube/twitbonce or something like that, which do not have. So I can't ask the fundamental questions about their business plan.

http://www.velocitylight.com/ - this might help. If you want I could cut and paste any stuff that you might need off the FB page and PM it to you.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

While the light may be visible from a fair distance, how close does the driver have to get to A) be able to read it and B) recognise its function?
At the moment, I think drivers wouldn't pay any more attention to this rear light than any other.

A better idea was this jacket: http://mykle.com/msl/?p=10

GC

 

[gaz]

While the light may be visible from a fair distance, how close does the driver have to get to A) be able to read it and B) recognise its function?
At the moment, I think drivers wouldn't pay any more attention to this rear light than any other.

A better idea was this jacket: http://mykle.com/msl/?p=10

GC

just a shame they never put it into production.

 

[Onyer]

I logged in by signing up using the "New to Kickstarter?" form, no faceache account required.

https://www.kickstarter.com/signup?ref=nav

I backed the See.Sense lights.
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I was expecting to see an online Dragons Den - asking for a few thousand for a percentage of the shares. But I have backed them.

 

[gaz]

Its just a blur unless close up, could be self defeating unles of course you like your motorists close up and personal like.

Kind of hard to tell from a video. The light moves out of the focal point and it looks a blur. It's similar to what I see in my videos with numberplates.
I can easily read them twice as far away when i'm there than what I can see in the video.

 

[ianrauk]

Another rubbish idea that won't take off.

 

[CopperCyclist]

I like the idea, but think that the light is simultaneously too big and too small. Too big - it'll look ugly and out of place on the bike. Too small - drivers won't be able to read it until they are too close!