Re: repairs and obsolescence ish

On 5/5/2025 8:33 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Just had my old bike light repaired for £20 which considering its
replacement cost seems more than worth it.
 And I do like that Exposure Lights whose lights are MTB or off road focus
mostly have a we will repair it if you manage to break it!
 Ie it’s not a black box that is disposable.
 Sort of related is Hovding helmet or rather I guess non helmet
 <https://bikerumor.com/hovding-airbag-helmet-brand-deflates-w-bankruptcy-filing-following-overturned-recall/>
 <https://youtu.be/HS9Q6D992M4?si=6uKvsagMPgeCbrBV>
 Which came up on YouTube and Berm Peak, and as Seth says I’ve never thought
about having to charge my Helmet or so on, and with the app now dead much
like some other bikes with app stores that have gone bankrupt your rather
stuffed.

Seems like Hovding saw this cartoon:
https://sheldonbrown.com/airbag-helmet.html
and said "Ooh, what a good idea!!"
I do have some skepticism about devices which are so dependent on electronics, software, etc. But it's the world we now live in.
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- Frank Krygowski