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Posted by Michael DiTullo | 29 Aug 2010
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Bicycles are some of the most treasured, crafted and functional objects in production, and yet most bicycle computers look like left over off-the-shelf displays from ten years ago with a pipe clamp hanging off the back, and those are the good ones. In response to this grave discrepancy, Estonia based Redfish Creative produced this concept bicycle speedometer. It is beautiful, functional, and aesthetically appropriate. Lets hope they find a manufacturing partner!
See more details on how it works here.
Comments
This is great! So much more appropriate for Fixies than a plastic bike computer. The only thing I would change is the "Pull down to ring the bell". It would be more practical to push up with your thumb to ring it... Very minor point though and doesn't make the concept less fresh.
Cool concept, although since it's a bike accessory I'd like to see it on a bike, as of right now it appears it would look very large on handlebars
It is a very nice concept, but I don't know any bike that can go 80 km/h...
80 kph on a bike isn't impossible and downright fun. It's normally the reward for drudging it up a long hill.
I could hit 67 km/h with a mountain bike, so 80km/h isn't exactly impossible.
If the technology designed it has matured any, this would be a nice thing to have. Earlier models I've known were just too expensive, cumbersome and in fact not as precise as their digital counterparts.
I know it's a concept, but I do hope if this goes into production there would be something considerably more reassuring holding it to the handlebar than that one sided 'clip' of a thing.
This would be great for low light environments when you just can't see stuff on the digital screen, but a highly reflected hand on the speedometer would be nicely seen. Yes, I apparently like to end up driving in the dark, and yet still want to see how fast I'm going...
OK, sold. I want one. Sure it will need a better clamp and a less clunky sensor on the fork, but I'm in. Need crowdfunding? Put it up on kickstarter.com and I'll contribute. With millions of fixie bikes yearning for a retro dial on the 'bars, hell, I'll buy shares. Just get it done or some Chinese company will copy it out of plastic and sell it on ebay for $6 with free postage -.-
As far as speed goes, every digital speedometer goes to at least 99kph and I've clocked 99 on some long fast hills. There's that old saying "if your dad can't do 99 on his bicycle, then you've got two moms"