Nori Lights - Bicycle Illumination System • Hacker News Board

Re: Nori Lights - Bicycle Illumination System

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Post by freiheit » Sun, Oct 14, 2012, 2:51 AM UTC

ddrmaxgt37 wrote: post #2

Not sure how legal this is in most places. I think colored lighting on the rodas is generally banned in most states.

Laws for lights on bicycles are generally separate from laws for lights on motorized vehicles. For instance, in California, the law requires 5-9 reflectors and a white headlight, but only disallows a blue light. Any light of any kind other than blue is allowed.

http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21201.htm

Re: Nori Lights - Bicycle Illumination System

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Post by lunasee » Tue, Oct 16, 2012, 3:09 PM UTC

Hi guys. Yes this product already exists at www.lunasee.com and we have several patents around this technology. We have not produced an aftermarket version for bicycles yet primarily due to many of the complications addressed in this string. We do have aftermarket versions on the drawing board though.

We have tried to contact Nori Lights with no response so far. We have invested time and money to protect this -- and hope Nori Lights and interested consumers will respect this.

We appreciate all feedback.

Lunasee Team

Re: Nori Lights - Bicycle Illumination System

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Post by lunasee » Tue, Oct 16, 2012, 3:16 PM UTC

ken wrote: post #18

I hate to be that guy, but this looks just like an existing product: http://www.lunasee.com The major difference seems to be that Lunasee is powered by a hub dynamo (rather than batteries). It's also currently only available pre-installed on some bicycle models, and as an aftermarket part for motorcycles, but they say they plan to sell an aftermarket bicycle part, too.

Thanks for pointing this out ken, and i would like to add that we have several patents around this in US and Canada, and several pending in other countries.

We would also like to do a battery aftermarket version, but it does come with complications (rim, battery life, etc).

Thanks for your comments... Lunasee team