Give Your Neck a Break While You Ride with Bicycle Periscope: The Pedi-Scope

On top of an idea that limits your awareness on a bike, did you really have to give it a name that sounds like something creepy old men would use to spy on children at the park?

Can I use it for mtn biking?

Or you know, get your bike properly fit.

Is there an enduro version that will work with goggles and a half lid?

This might interfere with my electronic power modulator, not to mention the beer koozie -_-

Sorry Will, but no. This product is not going to work like you think it will. You cannot have the same field of vision that you would if you bike was properly fit and you could keep your head up. That is why this fails. Its just not safe.

I’ll just leave this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-akkbNyiXE

By the way, back in the 90’s there was a mirror that attached under your toptube that did exactly this. Dangerous as hell. Try driving around backward in your car only using the rearview mirror.

First Truck nuts for your bike now this!?!? wasnt it just April 1st?

As the others have said: This is dangerous, as it would greatly limit your field of view. Just set your bike up properly and you will not get neck pain. And if some idiots think it will allow them to be more aero, it would not be allowed in any competition anyway.

This was done in the late 80’s (or early 90’s, I forget). It died then, and I can be sure it’ll die now. Those who don’t study history and all…

@Will this belongs in skymall.

that is the new best worst thing i have seen today.
with some out riggers he could see 360 degrees.
never move your head again.

I have ridden long distances on my bike–multiple consecutive centuries. Because my bikes have always been properly set up, I have no problem with “neck pain.” I would never use anything that focused my attention in such a narrow way; a rider’s survival on the road depends on situational awareness–knowing what is happening all around, not just what is dead ahead. I think this is dangerous.

I don’t think the people who are posting negative opinions of this idea are just being nay-sayers. I think they have a good point–and I agree with them.

@Will, please take a few deep breaths and stop waving your prejudices. This is being torn up on its merits, or lack of merits and not its brand name.
I don’t care if Tullio Campagnolo himself came down from the heavens to bequeath it to us, riding along head down staring at a tiny window of vision is a good way to get killed because you are sacrificing your peripheral vision and situational awareness on the altar of bad bike fit. If holding your head up hurts just flip up your stem and raise your handlebars.
Besides, the demo bike is a hipster fixie with bullhorns so you know it’s being ridden from the bar tops most of the time anyway.

The first reply is all that ever needed to be said about this idea.

Is this “ghost bike” specific? I know the undead are slow moving and don’t tend to have much flexibility and range of motion in their necks.

Something to the effect of this was put on the market ~20 years ago. IIRC it was reviewed in Bicycling and called the “Wind Cheetah??” Though I might not recall correctly since a search for that term brings up a recumbent trike. OTOH, it’s from long enough ago that I wouldn’t expect there to be a record on teh internets about it.

+ 1 to Will. If this was Specialized branded everyone would pay top bucks for it.

And +1 for Padrote,this sh*t is for Skymall ( Skymall !! )

Pedi-Scope, that doesn’t sound right.

Come on, give the guy credit for pursuing something he believes in and that he has actually taken it from an idea into a fully functional prototype that he is already promoting and raising capital for. I bet this is far more than what most of you critics have ever achieved in doing.
Sure, I have my concerns regarding the safety, practicalities and overall disadvantages of the product; but I’ll give the guy credit for coming this far, irrelevant if his future with the product launch will be in Skymall or no-Skymall.

This someone outside the enthusiast part of the industry, who know neck pain is due to poor bike fit, coming up with a fix to an issue that could be solved with a little knowledge. His LBS must suck or hes never been there.

You could also do this, and with a wider field of view but les aero (can’t believe I just said that talking about this product…aero…lol…sure he doesn’t give a shiz) with a GoPro et all and a phone.

I like him in the video though. I would buy stuff from him. Just not this.

+1 on dangerous.

This guy’s going after the wrong market.
With a slight modification, this thing will let you watch TV while lying flat on your back.
Sell it as a couch potato’s dream glass. There’s a much larger demand than cycling crowd.
Umm… wait, this too has been done before. Never mind.

Where can we buy this scope？