Whenever we see somebody roving with a bike sequence slung around their body, we wince. Whether it is surrounding their waist or slung diagonally opposite shoulder and torso, we suppose what could come about if things went wrong.
A elementary collision could spin in to a body-halving calamity if the sequence were to obtain held on a speeding car. A neck could be broken. The bike itself could obtain held up and pulled along with you instead of only descending safely away.
Enter the Hiplok, a bike sequence written to be worn-out around your waist, but without locking in place. It functions a lot similar to an transport seatbelt. The clinch itself has an additional rectilinear double back on its base, by that you thread a seatbelt webbing frame assimilated to the finish of the chain. The clinch is similar to a leather belt buckle.
It's adjustable, to fit any girth, and may be had with its clothes-protecting nylon sleeve in bright, contemplative material. While this may not be as protected as having nothing around your body, at least it's easy is to paramedics to remove. And carrying weight around your waist when roving creates the weight vanish - you do not unequivocally feel it at all.
I wish to see this close tested, or to examine its sturdiness out in person before laying down 70 ($113). I'm moreover considering hard about modding my existing bike bondage to work similar to this. Maybe I'll even put in a special double back to bring my hipster D-Lock (where "D" stands for "douche"), the Kryptonite Evo Mini.
Hiplok product page [Hiplok around Urban Velo ]
See Also:
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