PedalPedal
10 mW
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- Jun 20, 2015
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Trek claims that a rider becomes 80% more visible when they highlight their feet and knees. (That seems almost obvious to me but I never thought of it before.)
Of course this is not possible when riding a velomobile.
I'm thinking about adding two lights to the back of my velomobile (in addition to, and separate from my running lights, turn signals, and brake lights) having them switch on and off in sequence with pedal rotations. Similar to the "chase" lights on construction and emergency vehicles. My question is should they flash briefly with each pedal rotation, or should they turn off briefly? Which do you think would be more attention-getting?
Now that I'm writing this I realize that having them turned off briefly makes more sense because when I'm coasting I would really like them to be on. Which means I will have to make the off position somewhere in the rotation that I don't normally rest.
I'm thinking that I'll used several ring-mounted hard drive magnets with one gap on each and use two reed switches located on the frame to control the lights. I have a lot of reed switches that are normally open.
What do you think?
Of course this is not possible when riding a velomobile.
I'm thinking about adding two lights to the back of my velomobile (in addition to, and separate from my running lights, turn signals, and brake lights) having them switch on and off in sequence with pedal rotations. Similar to the "chase" lights on construction and emergency vehicles. My question is should they flash briefly with each pedal rotation, or should they turn off briefly? Which do you think would be more attention-getting?
Now that I'm writing this I realize that having them turned off briefly makes more sense because when I'm coasting I would really like them to be on. Which means I will have to make the off position somewhere in the rotation that I don't normally rest.
I'm thinking that I'll used several ring-mounted hard drive magnets with one gap on each and use two reed switches located on the frame to control the lights. I have a lot of reed switches that are normally open.
What do you think?