Turn signals.
Yea, GPS that had the features I want
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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.
Turn signals.
Yea, GPS that had the features I want
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
How about these? http://www.safeturn.com/ $19 each.....I just may order a pair.
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?
I can do five more miles.
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!
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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.
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windshield wipers.
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Mimi - have you tried rain-ex? My DH gave me a pair of sophisticated UV protecting goggles that they give to the guys at his job (construction) that are like glasses. I rubbed a little rain-ex on them and they work great in a rain.
They do fog up a bit, though, on hot humid days.
I can do five more miles.
NPR and coffee. I don't want to ride with earphones (I can barely stand them when I'm on a treadmill--when I have sound right in my ear like that all other noises don't penetrate and that tends to make me walk into walls and stuff) so I'm voting for the on-bike Bose.
For the coffee, I'm thinking of getting this: http://www.somafab.com/morningrush.html or some similar design (I think Felt makes one that I could buy locally).
Sarah
I'd love one of those drive-thru coffee stands, along my route. They are all over the place out in Washington and Oregon, but we don't have many of them in MN. And while I can make and take decent brewed coffee, sometimes I loves me my cappuccino!