The Lumos smart helmet with integrated LED indicators now has updated connected features, including hand-activated turn signals and full integration with Strava. They will also now be available to buy in numerous Apple Stores across Europe and the US.
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Used in conjunction with an Apple Watch you now simply need to raise either your left or right arm depending on which way you’re turning in order for the turn indicators to be activated, which is thanks to smart gesture recognition algorithms within the Lumos Apple Watch app. Without the watch, a button device attached to the handlebars deploys the indicators; although Lumos say the new hand signalling technology offers riders “a seamless, safer experience.”
The Lumos Helmet phone app has now been updated so you can use it to sync ride data with Strava and Apple Health, via enhanced bluetooth connectivity. You needn’t worry about forgetting to start your ride either, as there’s also an automatic start function.
Lumos Helmet began life as a Kickstarter, and was successfully crowdfunded back in 2015. Since then it has won the prestigious Beazely Designs of the Year award for Transportation, before finding its way into 300 Apple Stores worldwide. The UK RRP is £175 (we’ve found one here on BikeInn for £141.95) and you can find out more by visiting the Lumos website.
13 thoughts on “Lumos helmet with indicators gets fresh updates and is now available to buy in Apple stores”
nice idea, except for it to
nice idea, except for the fact that for it to function as intended you need to take your hand from the handlebars. .
lork wrote:
…And you need to own an expensive APPLE (surprise!) product.
As if vehicles not knowing which way you want to turn is the most pressing problem… I think watching a few of the “close pass” videos here will show that drivers are the problem, not cyclists.
Seems to be be more expensive, battery-powered hipster junk that answers a question no-one asked.
The advert is painful. Sync
The advert is painful. Sync with Stava? I wonder if anyone ever gets any PRs dressed in rolled up jeans and cord jackets?
No rear light or reflector
No rear light or reflector attached to the bike at night makes smug dude illegal in most US jurisdictions. And he’s using the stupid left-hand-up-to-turn-right signal that only people who never cycle think is a good idea. Whoever made this video doesn’t know their business.
I’ve got one of the original
I’ve got one of the original Kickstarter Lumos helmets. It’s actually a pretty nifty product, though it is more to be seen than to see with. It was quite a bit cheaper then, though.
As a handcyclist, it’s bloody perfect – I’m exactly in line with a driver’s eyes, so the lights and indicators work well, and it means I don’t have to take my hands off – and when you consider that I pedal with my hands, indicating from a stop is….difficult.
It has a big triangle of red lights, and two reflectors on the rear strap.
No, you don’t. The helmet comes with a little cluster with two buttons on it, works perfectly fine.
Again, not true, there’s a little cluster that sits on your handlebars. You operate it with your thumbs if you use the version that puts a button on each side, or the thumbs of a single hand if you have only use the single sided mount. Comes with both.
Crippledbiker wrote:
No rear light or reflector attached to the bike at night makes smug dude illegal in most US jurisdictions. And he’s using the stupid left-hand-up-to-turn-right signal that only people who never cycle think is a good idea. Whoever made this video doesn’t know their business.— Crippledbiker
It has a big triangle of red lights, and two reflectors on the rear strap.
No, you don’t. The helmet comes with a little cluster with two buttons on it, works perfectly fine.
Again, not true, there’s a little cluster that sits on your handlebars. You operate it with your thumbs if you use the version that puts a button on each side, or the thumbs of a single hand if you have only use the single sided mount. Comes with both.— nextSibling
Thanks for that Crippledbiker. I rushed in a bit to quickly to condemn it. The cluster idea makes it much more functional.
I’m sorry, they lost me at
I’m sorry, they lost me at the bit where they felt they needed an attractive women to pull up and say ‘nice helmet’. Wrong on a number of levels.
WTF…. I had diffuclty
WTF…. I had diffuclty seeing him and i knew he was there.
What problem is this trying
What problem is this trying to solve?
hirsute wrote:
Excess cash in your pocket/bank account.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
Integrating lights into a helmet is adding weight and complexity where you least need it.
On the basis that the lights should outlast the main function of the helmet by a fair margin, it’s also adding pointless redundancy, as you can’t move the lights to a new helmet.
Needs eyes for the smiley.
Needs eyes for the smiley.
And in fairness Lork, if you
And in fairness Lork, if you are turning it makes sense to use your arms to indicate.
Having said that, would you need 2 watches because nobody knows the opposite turn signal!!!