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In that case a loud freewheel wouldn't do much either though.
by danielbln 4y ago
In that case a loud freewheel wouldn't do much either though.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoYep, anything audio, like a whistle, shouting "ahoy there!", has less use these days and with tiny airpods being a thing now, it's not even possible to guess from a distance if someone is listening to music. Possibly some kind of laser beam thing that sweeps the ground in front of you might work?
- darrenf 4y ago> Possibly some kind of laser beam thing that sweeps the ground in front of you might work? That's what the TFL bikes in London do[0]: "The Blaze Laserlight is fixed to the cycle frame and projects a green cycle-shaped image onto the ground around 6 metres ahead of the cycle." [0] https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles/blaze-laserlights https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles/blaze-lase...
- ghaff 4y agoI don't really get the AirPod proliferation. Even if I'm in the woods by myself, much less on a busy path, I can't stand the disconnection from my environment.
- usrusr 4y agoDo you drive a lot? Drivers are very used to the audio disconnect. Before I did my licence I was a firm believer in "no earbuds on the road", but after a few driving lessons I got so used to taking in the traffic situation with eyes only that I quickly converted to an earbuds all the time cyclist. A few years later I stopped driving so much and my cycling reverted to ears-always-open without me even noticing.