The Nano Duo is a bicycle brake light suitable for any cable brake system.
Bicycle brake lights
The Duo is small warning system that combines brake light and rear light functions. The light function can be installed on any cable brake system and weighs only 12g.
In most riding situations, cyclists have little use for a brake light but the Duo might be helpful to club riders in a tight peloton.
The light does not appear to have a British distributor, but can be found on eBay for the equivalent of £8 including free postage and packaging.
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For 25 years we have been providing straightforward, affordable bicycle insurance. Whether you use your bike to commute, shop, race or amble in the park, ETA Cycle Insurance has you covered.
Many cycle insurers offer very limited cover, charging extra for features we believe should come as standard – such as third party cover, personal accident or extension of your cover to family and friends. ETA Cycle Insurance provides one fully-comprehensive package for total peace of mind, whatever your cycling needs.
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Lighten up
The advent of LED technology and the short production runs made possible by crowd funding website such as Kickstarter are allowing designers to be more creative with bike lights. A good example is the Orfus lights we recently gave away in a prize draw.
Myung Su Lee has designed a rucksack and bum bag that incorporate a rear light, turn signal and indicate when the bike is coming to a stop. The design even allows riders an element of creativity – a handlebar-mounted controller allows the rider to display a message of their choice.
The Sporty Superheroe illuminated cycling jacket has 64 LED lights sewn into its fabric that light up in different colours when its wearer accelerates, brakes or banks to make a turn.
The organic cotton jacket can also be made to flash when a call comes in to the wearer’s smartphone.
The Sporty Superheroe jacket forms part of a menswear collection by the Utope Project– a partnership between designer Wolfgang Langeder and stretchable circuit experts Fraunhofer IZM.
Most of us plump for a cycling jacket that simply keeps out the wind and rain, but it doesn’t stop designers devising increasingly complex features.
Speed vest
American inventor Brady Clark devised a tabard that displays the wearer’s speed on their back in large, illuminated numerals.
The Speed Vest forgoes GPS, using instead a sensor on the wheel and a micro controller that calculates the speed. Mr Clark was curious to know if putting more information in front of drivers might increase their awareness of cyclists.
Wearable lights
This cycling jacket with built-in indicator lights operated by a switch on each cuff was put together with off-the-shelf electronics. The lighting system does not make the jacket cumbersome to wear as the components are lightweight, almost flat and connected by conductive thread rather than wires. Leah Buechley designed the Turn Signal Bike Jacket while teaching an ‘e-textiles’ project at Shih Chien University in Taiwan
Every cycle insurance policy from the ETA includes new-for-old replacement if your bike is stolen, cover for accidental damage (race events included), third party insurance (in the case of an accident you may need to seek compensation or even deal with a claim by someone else), personal accident cover and, if you breakdown, we will even come out and recover you and your bike.
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