Seen these?

[Danny-K]

Under the 'whatever next' banner, was surprised to stumble across these: brake lights for bicycles, not a new idea but never seen them incorporated into the brake blocks - bicycle brake blocks with fitted brake lights that only come on when the brake pad hits the rim, a tenner from either eBay or this online 'safety' shop -


BSOAB : i-Pad (2 Pairs of brake blocks - lights flash when brake applied (892001) [892001] - £9.99*Inc*VAT<br>£8.50*Ex*VAT

Whahaaaaaay! A moving gif image on the forum; didn't think that would work. (I claim a first!)

 

[carpetbagger]

will you see them in daylight...i think not.....debatable whether they would be seen at night as well,,,,,just a gimmick for kids bikes....

 

[Barnowl]

Mmmmhhh challenging thread to respond to.

Who knows, they could be a storming success with the under 10s. We used to use pegs and bits of cardboard to try and make our bikes sound like motor bikes. "Safety feature though!"

Impressed wiith the Gif

 

[Mussels]

No landline number with poor spelling and Grammar made me suspicious. The address given appears to be a flat or maisonette and Google shows lots of different companies operate from that address, it may be the solicitors office but unlikely as the domain is registered there to a guy called Chris Street.
He doesn't actually say what type of fixing they are , just studed (sic) and not threaded. It looks from the poor picture that they need to go on a special set of brakes to work, is it even the same product as he is selling?
It all seems a bit too cagy and poorly written for me to order from.

Besides all those lights would do is light up the side of my tyre.

 

[Tiberius]

Some e-bikes already have switches on the brakes, to signal to the controller to cut the throttle.

That's the most difficult part done. Wiring up lights should be fairly simple.

Nick