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Grumpy McTrumpy 11-04-09 05:21 PM

Why are laser beams never used for road bikes?
 
http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2009...ycle-laser.jpg

someone had to ask.

Kojak 11-04-09 05:29 PM

I'm a little confused. Is this a new product, or a proposed product? If so, I like the idea.

But then Dr. Evil wanted "sharks with fricken laser beams on their heads", and he didn't get what he wanted either. He got ill tempered mutant sea bass.... hardly the same thing.

patentcad 11-04-09 05:30 PM

I predict this thread will go off-beam.

tagaproject6 11-04-09 05:31 PM

**** then!

rangerdavid 11-04-09 05:31 PM

I'd like to have a bike mounted laser that i could fire at some of the good ole boy rednecks around here in the pick ups trying to run you off the road....... pisses me off, but I can't fit an AK47 in my saddle bag.

tagaproject6 11-04-09 05:34 PM

Are they going to be treated by an "evil vet"?

Grumpy McTrumpy 11-04-09 05:37 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 9984885)
I predict this thread will go off-beam.

http://www.gymtidemedia.com/current_...super_9.85.jpg

cyclefreaksix 11-04-09 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by rangerdavid (Post 9984894)
I'd like to have a bike mounted laser that i could fire at some of the good ole boy rednecks around here in the pick ups trying to run you off the road....... pisses me off, but I can't fit an AK47 in my saddle bag.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...gmnsldrbik.jpg

Metzinger 11-04-09 05:48 PM

Back on topic.
From ubergizmo.com:

No, this laser won't be able to mow down wayward motorists who don't give you way on the road, but instead it will shoot an elliptical beam around your bicycle, making you look larger than it really is, practically to the size of an average car. This is made possible by drawing an ellipse of light which is sensitive to virtually anything that crosses the perimeter - for example, when a car comes too close for comfort, the light will turn red while letting all the horns go off until the car backs off. The whole setup comprises of a quartet of adaptable pieces which can be connected via an auto adhesive tape, and they are a plastic case, a laser light, a distance sensor and a spherical head to adjust the light, three horns and a battery.
Sounds terrific. But does it have enough horns?

tagaproject6 11-04-09 05:51 PM

What kind of wheels are on that bike? Uh-oh, the rider is NOT wearing a helmet :eek:


But, back on topic. I think that would be cool, except for the horn thing.

Psimet2001 11-04-09 05:53 PM

In....terest....in....g....

xtrajack 11-04-09 06:04 PM

What is it supposed to do?

Grumpy McTrumpy 11-04-09 06:17 PM


Originally Posted by xtrajack (Post 9985095)
What is it supposed to do?

http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSc...strekshld1.jpg

spry 11-04-09 06:29 PM

What ever happened to those glow-in-the-dark hulahoops?

DScott 11-04-09 06:35 PM


Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy (Post 9984923)

Are you tryng to suggest that riding a road bike is like walking back and forth across a very short beam? That no matter how beautifully or how athletically it's done, it's still, well... walking back and forth across a very short beam?

Hmmm?

Grumpy McTrumpy 11-04-09 06:38 PM


Originally Posted by DScott (Post 9985267)
Are you tryng to suggest that riding a road bike is like walking back and forth across a very short beam? That no matter how beautifully or how athletically it's done, it's still, well... walking back and forth across a very short beam?

Hmmm?


yes.



no.

kayakdiver 11-04-09 06:42 PM

I think a beer can launcher mounted to the bars for redneck return fire would do more...............


;)

Kojak 11-04-09 06:45 PM


Originally Posted by kyakdiver (Post 9985316)
I think a beer can launcher mounted to the bars for redneck return fire would do more...............
;)

Yes, as a distraction/weapon; at which point said redneck will stop worrying about the wussy in the lycra, and go chase down some suds.

schnabler1 11-04-09 07:06 PM

Where is Siu Blue Wind when you need her.

jschn04 11-04-09 07:21 PM

Actually this idea is being done...

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09..._leisure/9.htm

Hummeth 11-04-09 07:22 PM


Originally Posted by tagaproject6 (Post 9985018)
Uh-oh, the rider is NOT wearing a helmet

It's ok, he doesn't have a chain either.

danarnold 11-04-09 07:31 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 9984885)
I predict this thread will go off-beam.

I think it will quickly become polarizing.

cyclefreaksix 11-04-09 07:32 PM

I wear this. Set at a jaunty angle, of course.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...e-dark-5-p.jpg

DScott 11-05-09 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy (Post 9985290)
yes.



no.

Well, why not? It so often seems we end up just where we started.


Maybe I just think too much. Or not enough.

nazzo 11-05-09 11:54 AM


Originally Posted by DScott (Post 9985267)
Are you tryng to suggest that riding a road bike is like walking back and forth across a very short beam? That no matter how beautifully or how athletically it's done, it's still, well... walking back and forth across a very short beam?

Hmmm?

I'd like to see you do those flips and such on your next bike ride which will just so happen be on a short and narrow beam.


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