Roof

[Timpo]

Have you ever thought about getting a roof for your ebike?

Apparently it's good at insulating temperature as well, so it is much for pleasant to ride in the cold winter temperature.

The only problem is, well obviously it's pretty big and may cause some inconvenience in some circumstances.

They seem to be popular in Europe and Japan though.

 

[AHicks]

Um, no. If it's nasty enough outside to make something like that worth the hassle, I'm driving the car or I'm not going.

 

[DouglasB]

Looks really cool but I'm not interested in riding in the rain and it would slow me down.

 

[lerxst]

The right gust of wind will turn that “roof” into a sail. Should be fun.

 

[DaveMatthews]

The right gust of wind will turn that “roof” into a sail. Should be fun.

Beat me to it...

 

[Afren]

Never seen it and I hope I never do as it will make me LOL and that might anger the rider and I don't like running.

 

[6zfshdb]

If you ride any distance at high speed in the rain with one of these, you're going to be soaked from the waist down. I see little advantage considering the cumbersome nature of the device.

 

[lexfurther]

i definitely need one of those

 

[slamchest]

I saw an alternative to this kinda was to have a visor on your helmet like a hockey player's helmet. Looked a little goofy, but thinking about it, it seemed like a pretty good idea cuz I always fumble with glasses and wind/rain can be pretty annoying.

 

[Biplaneguy]

Looks like a great...

...way to separate people from their money.

 

[Brian-s]

It seems very in effective. Nothing to cover the sides. Now if they could develop something to keep my bike dry while I'm riding in the rain, than I might be interested

 

[Art Deco]

How about stationary roofs over bike lanes instead? Maybe just covered by solar panels with slow ceiling fans for daytime, led lights at night, and charging stations every 20 miles? Shady and dry , open sides so breezy in summer , you could even heat the surface in winter and it would still cost less than overhead lights on a freeway. Why not?

 

[mschwett]

How about stationary roofs over bike lanes instead? Maybe just covered by solar panels with slow ceiling fans for daytime, led lights at night, and charging stations every 20 miles? Shady and dry , no sides so breezy in summer , and would certainly cost much less than overhead lights on a freeway. Why not?

fun idea. bike lanes are usually next to curbs/sidewalks tho, which means they’re in the area firefighters use for their trucks and ladders and so on. typically not allowed to have continuous obstructions there.

 

[Art Deco]

fun idea. bike lanes are usually next to curbs/sidewalks tho, which means they’re in the area firefighters use for their trucks and ladders and so on. typically not allowed to have continuous obstructions there.

So leave a 20 foot gap over once in a while. So what? They get around overhead hi power lines in town all the time...

 

[mschwett]

So leave a 20 foot gap over once in a while. So what? They get around overhead hi power lines in town all the time...

sure, but overhead power lines are skinny and high up and generally not in a line between the fire lane and the first 75’ of the building that’s on fire! there’s a reason they don’t put those things 10-15’ above the ground, which is where a roof would have to be to effective at in keeping a bike lane dry.

i always enjoy riding through tunnels on a rainy day, brief moment of dryness!

 

[Art Deco]

sure, but overhead power lines are skinny and high up and generally not in a line between the fire lane and the first 75’ of the building that’s on fire! there’s a reason they don’t put those things 10-15’ above the ground, which is where a roof would have to be to effective at in keeping a bike lane dry.

i always enjoy riding through tunnels on a rainy day, brief moment of dryness!

If we can build Interstate highways and fricken rocket ships , I think we can solve the firefighters access issues,

 

[mschwett]

If we can build Interstate highways and fricken rocket ships , I think we can solve the firefighters access issues,

you’d think so … but …….

(and certainly not to keep a bunch of cyclists dry )

it’s actually sorta a serious problem though. many cities are reluctant to invest too much or compromise other modes for cycling infrastructure because they can’t reduce capacity of other systems, since when it rains or snows so many people switch back from bikes to cars or buses or trains.