What's your message?

[Elyob]

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=GADG&title=157831

The TxFlare programmable safety system is a unique, fun way to make sure that your bicycle is
visible in low light or night time conditions. The seven selectable messages can be seen as long as
your wheel is spinning. With the TxFlare safety system you'll definitely be seen, and your message
will be too.

 

[Simonb]

"Be good."

Simon

 

[Dirtylitterboxo]

>The seven selectable messages can be seen as long as your wheel is spinning.

Is that legal in the UK???

Cheers, helen s

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[Graeme]

[email protected] (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Is that legal in the UK???

What? You want your message to be a question to prompt other road users to check if they're
not breaking the law? Hmmm... very cunning, make them feel guilty and they'll behave better. I
like it!

Graeme

 

[Simonb]

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:

> Is that legal in the UK???

Nahh. Too long.

Simon

 

[Ian Smith]

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:46:47 GMT, elyob <[email protected]> wrote:

> With the TxFlare safety system you'll definitely be seen,

Well, at least we can be confident the maketting droid that wrote that has never cycled in the UK.
With three light-houses worth of candlepower strapped to the bike, I wouldn't be confident that I'd
definitely be seen. You'd need enough photons that they're burning the paint from the bodywork for
some motorists to see you, I think.

regards, Ian SMith
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[Simonb]

Ian Smith wrote:

> Well, at least we can be confident the maketting droid that wrote that has never cycled in the UK.
> With three light-houses worth of candlepower strapped to the bike, I wouldn't be confident that
> I'd definitely be seen. You'd need enough photons that they're burning the paint from the bodywork
> for some motorists to see you, I think.

Much, much too long!

 

[MSeries]

Simonb wrote:
> dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
>
>> Is that legal in the UK???
>
> Nahh. Too long.
>
> Simon

Could just say

Legal ?

 

[Mark McN]

Reply to elyob

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[Tony Raven]

"MSeries" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Could just say
>
>
> Legal ?
>
>

"While you are busy trying to read this wheel you're probably running me over"

Tony

 

[Richard Corfiel]

On 2004-02-29, elyob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=GADG&title=157831
>
> The TxFlare programmable safety system is a unique, fun way to make sure that your bicycle is
> visible in low light or night time conditions. The seven selectable messages can be seen as long
> as your wheel is spinning. With the TxFlare safety system you'll definitely be seen, and your
> message will be too.

We have something that looks identical, but with a previous name. It looks like a re-release. The
box says for 20" wheels, so it was going to go on a trike at Christmas. It didn't fit though -
either the person that did the turning speed calculations used 20", and the body designer did 26",
or ICE use an unusual spoke setup on their trikes. It worked well enough on a 26" hybrid.

Software was a basic bit of Visual Basic. Sort of worked on WINE on Linux. Didn't work much better
on Windows, but at least it found the serial port. I was wondering if anyone had worked out the
protocol it used, so I could write a programmer under Linux. As it didn't fit the trike, I've not
looked at it since.

It is heavy enough to unbalance the wheel on the hybrid though. HokeySpokes look like an interesting
alternative, more expensive but would balance on the wheel.

- Richard

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[Richard Corfiel]

On 2004-02-29, Tony Raven <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "While you are busy trying to read this wheel you're probably running me over"

Just things like X-X-X-X-X-X-X or *0*0*0*0*0*0 work well.

- Richard

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[Elyob]

"Richard Corfield" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2004-02-29, elyob <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=GADG&title=157831
> >
> > The TxFlare programmable safety system is a unique, fun way to make sure that your bicycle is
> > visible in low light or night time conditions. The seven selectable messages can be seen as long
> > as your wheel is spinning. With the TxFlare safety system you'll definitely be seen, and your
message
> > will be too.
>
> We have something that looks identical, but with a previous name. It looks like a re-release. The
> box says for 20" wheels, so it was going to go on a trike at Christmas. It didn't fit though -
> either the person that did the turning speed calculations used 20", and the body designer did 26",
> or ICE use an unusual spoke setup on their trikes. It worked well enough on a 26" hybrid.
>
> Software was a basic bit of Visual Basic. Sort of worked on WINE on Linux. Didn't work much better
> on Windows, but at least it found the serial port. I was wondering if anyone had worked out the
> protocol it used, so I could write a programmer under Linux. As it didn't fit the trike, I've not
> looked at it since.
>
> It is heavy enough to unbalance the wheel on the hybrid though. HokeySpokes look like an
> interesting alternative, more expensive but would balance on the wheel.
>
> - Richard
>

As SimonB said .. far too long