What do you wish existed for your commute?

[rhyme]

What product do you wish existed for your commute to work?

Personally, I'd like to see:

A) A cheap cell phone charger that clips onto my bike. I found one but it was like $90!

B) An iphone clip and GPS mapping software that had Chicago bike routes built in rather than just Chicago roads.

[Geonz]

Turn signals.

Yea, GPS that had the features I want

[rhyme]

Turn signals.

Yea, GPS that had the features I want

Interesting idea. I bet that wouldn't be that hard to make.

[Tuckervill]

I bought a 1985 Schwinn cruiser-something at a garage sale that had after-market turn signals on it. They're kind of cute, even if kind of '80s. Not elegantly installed.

Karen

[Becky]

Turn signals.

How about these? http://www.safeturn.com/ $19 each.....I just may order a pair.

[indigoiis]

Although I do like the sounds of nature and the wind in my ears, the one thing I miss about my truck is the cd player. If there was a safe way to play my Cake CD I would be so happy. An on-bike Bose?

[rij73]

Although I do like the sounds of nature and the wind in my ears, the one thing I miss about my truck is the cd player. If there was a safe way to play my Cake CD I would be so happy. An on-bike Bose?

Saw one of these the other day in the park.
http://www.active-tunes.com/home.html
Sound was quite decent and really only audible if you were right next to it. Pretty cool!

[Geonz]

Saw one of these the other day in the park.
http://www.active-tunes.com/home.html
Sound was quite decent and really only audible if you were right next to it. Pretty cool!

I have one... now I have to figure out how to get it on the bike.

[7rider]

How about these? http://www.safeturn.com/ $19 each.....I just may order a pair.

They still require that you take your hands off the bars to activate. I could see something that clips to my rear rack and maybe fork that I can activate from my handlebars, a la automobile blinkers.....

What do I wish for my commute? Well....not really a product for me...but a red light camera at the intersection of Colesville Road and Sligo Creek Parkway would be nice to discourage red light runners on Colesville Rd. DH saw a car get t-boned at that intersection and given the numbers of runners/cyclists crossing it (Sligo has a bike path that runs along side it), I think it's a prime candidate for a camera. It's only a matter of time before it's a runner or cyclist who gets t-boned...and I certainly hope it's not me!

[GLC1968]

NPR or other radio news station. Maybe piping through my helmet so that my ears aren't covered?

I guess I don't really need that kind of distraction, but that's the ONLY thing I miss about driving - my morning news bites.

[Aggie_Ama]

NPR or other radio news station. Maybe piping through my helmet so that my ears aren't covered?

For some reason this has me cracking up. Some mental image of looking slightly crazy like the voices are in your head. Okay this is probably only funny to me but for some reason music flowing into my scalp is just funny right now.

I would like an air conditioner, maybe a hub powered fan for the 100+ degree commute home.

[mimitabby]

windshield wipers.

[GLC1968]

windshield wipers.

Or, how about a windshield for those wipers?

[divingbiker]

... a red light camera at the intersection of Colesville Road and Sligo Creek Parkway would be nice to discourage red light runners on Colesville Rd.

My coworker's husband got hit at that intersection a few weeks ago! He had the green and someone running the red t-boned him. You're right, that is a bad intersection. I'm surprised there's not a red light camera there already.

[mudmucker]

Shortness. Not necessarily with the bike portion. I still have to drive ~35 minutes, 30-ish miles to get to my starting point for the 22-mile one way biking portion.