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http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IDX-brake-caliper-brake-light-for-bicycles01-600x399.jpg

There were no shortage of blinking, flashing, strobing and generally similar lights around the show floor, but a few stood out. Above, iDX had these brake lights that attache between the arms on a standard road brake caliper. The one above had a constant on or blinking setting, but the ones below used the caliper’s motion to activate the light, creating a real time brake light without the fuss and expense of accelerometers or needing any wires…

 

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Click to enlarge this one and you’ll see that as the metal spring plate is squished between the caliper’s arms, it connects the current to light up the LED. I can’t find a website for these folks, so if you know it, leave it in the comments.

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a gut renching advert.

 

they came so close to ending it at christmas. My grandad spoke about this once - but not alot.

 

Ah dude, this is the kind of thing that makes be cry

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