I am alway skeptical of new products but this looks rather interesting and if it was well made and remained solidly fixed in place after adjustments I can see it having many practical uses.
+1 actually. From the description I thought you might be nuts, but I looked on your website and it's actually quite interesting. I noted the stable position of the controls as the machine moves through it's arc.
The people who say that drop bars already solve this problem are taking a narrow view -- many people (including me) don't like drop bars and would probably benefit from something like this. Plus, there's a huge wave of new riders who use those "flat bar" fitness or road bikes -- all of which could use this. I actually prefer
mountain bike controls to drop bar controls because I find that housing wrapped under handlebar tape annoys me after rain and slush find their way into my cables over time.
There may be a market for this, but probably not commuters, who like to keep things simple, reliable and cheap.
The grouchy commuters like this don't buy a damned thing anyway, so what's the difference? Bike shops are filled with people willing to dump their money on worthless crap like carbon water bottle cages, plastic underwear with some guy named "louis" on it, $200 sunglasses, bags of jelly beans with electrolytes, etc.
This product is potentially
useful -- so I'd say give it a go.
Give one to Sixty-Fiver! That guy is a commuting machine and is quite knowledgeable. He'll tell you if it's good or not, I guarantee it. I'd be much more convinced if it were battle-tested in nasty weather. Send a few north of the border
