DryBike is an umbrella holder that attaches to the handlebars of your bicycle and supports your umbrella to protect you from the rain. Not surprisingly, this awesome innovation hails from the Netherlands, one of the dampest cities, most prone to storm at the drop of a hat, and after five weeks of biking around Amsterdam this summer (really the only effective mode of transportation) I just accepted getting soaked on the ride home, having to carry a plastic grocery bag for my purse and a hat - but NOW, there is a solution! Amsterdammers, admittedly, are much more skilled at hands-free biking than I am - cell phones, iPods, cameras (I did master that one - point-and-shoot, at least) and occasionally a magazine reader - but never did I see single cyclist wielding an umbrella.
For those of us who don't live in cities with bike lanes adorning every street, this concept allows you to take the bike lane with you wherever you go! The
LightLane system by Alex Tee and Evan Gant of Altitude Inc., a product innovation firm, say "Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to avoid. With a wider margin of safety, bikers will regain their confidence to ride at night, making the bike a more viable commuting alternative."
from Dustbowl
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