Moose Mitts seek revenge

@Dickie 101109 wrote:

For all you Moose Mitt users out there, be careful…. rumor has it moose are fighting back.

Pretty sure the plural of moose is meese, dummy!

@Arlingtonrider 101140 wrote:

Speaking of Moose Mitts, has anyone ever tried to use flat bar Moose Mitts on a bikeshare bike? Someone brought that thought up earlier today. They were actually talking about bar mitts, but I don’t think those would fit.

I haven’t tried that, but literally as you were posting this I was in the basement trying to get my drop bar Moose Mitts to fit on the fixed gear, and I think they’ll be okay. I would bet the flat bar version would be just fine on CaBi.

If not, as i mentioned in another thread, I just bought a sewing machine and homemade Moose Mitts are on my list. If the real version doesn’t fit on CaBi, mine might.

@KWL 101143 wrote:

Flat bars, drop bars – bah! I need to find Moose Mitts that fit mustache bars.

You have a few hours to convince jrenault to bike his sewing machine to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/balaclavas-and-baklava-make-your-own-winter-bike-accessory-workshop-tickets-14480229757 …

Not moosekeit, but my BikeMitts® keep trying to take revenge on me for some unknown insult: Every time I stupidly pull my hand out to signal a turn, the empty one goes floppy and blocks my subsequent grab for the bar and the brake. Sheer panic ensues, fortunately without serious consequences so far, but also without detectable learning.

Maybe this will be commonly available and adapted for brakes at some point. Though I think other solutions would be much cheaper and easier, like other gloves, fixies, or rule #5.

From here, and the bulk of the article is about thought-controlled braking in cars.

Shifting Gears With Your Head

It has become commonplace enough that Toyota could back an experiment by a Pennsylvania firm called Deeplocal, which is working on a bicycle that can shift gears based on EEG signals received through the cyclist’s helmet.

“I’m not the best at shifting,” said senior engineer Patrick Miller. “You have to train. I almost had to envision myself using a muscle that I don’t have. But once I got it, it’s not too bad.”

The helmet, said Miller, “is off-the shelf. You could probably get one on Amazon.”