https://momentummag.com/new-tech-give-bicyclists-green-light/ smart living by bike Sat, 06 May 2017 18:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://momentummag.com/new-tech-give-bicyclists-green-light/#comment-92139 Sat, 06 May 2017 18:28:30 +0000 http://momentummag.com/?p=22379#comment-92139 Why would people get impatient waiting at a light on bike, but it’s OK in a car? Riding should be about slowing down, thee must be more to life than increasing it’s speed!

]]> https://momentummag.com/new-tech-give-bicyclists-green-light/#comment-92113 Thu, 04 May 2017 16:25:48 +0000 http://momentummag.com/?p=22379#comment-92113 I’d be happy to test that out! Nice work, yet again, Denmark! (I’ll see you this summer . . . )

]]> https://momentummag.com/new-tech-give-bicyclists-green-light/#comment-84699 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:00:56 +0000 http://momentummag.com/?p=22379#comment-84699 Nice idea; I like your thoughts. However, you have two common misunderstandings regarding current traffic sensors. First, weight is irrelevant — surface area is the critical factor. Second, if the sensors were magnetic, they would trigger only with iron-based metals, which are sparse on modern bikes. In fact, they are inductive — any material which conducts electricity can trigger them, providing enough surface area of the material is close to the sensor. The best way to trigger one is to line up your wheels (aluminum rims, in fact, work very well) along an axis of the sensor. Not all will trigger this way… it depends on the sensitivity setting of the sensor. But most do, I have found.

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