A sleek, wearable airbag for cyclists is nearly here

The lightweight Airbag deploys successful conscionable milliseconds aft detecting a crash. | Image: Van Rysel

What you're looking astatine is simply a caller airbag strategy integrated straight into a "race-ready" skinsuit, not bolted connected similar different solutions. It was developed for roadworthy cyclists by Van Rysel, with the assistance of airbag exertion specializer In&motion. It's presently being tested connected pro riders up of a wide user merchandise sometime "within the adjacent 2 years."

Its improvement comes aft the UCI, pro cycling's governing body, put retired a telephone successful February seeking cogwheel that could assistance support riders traveling faster than ever.

The existent mentation is successful last validation up of imaginable contention deployment. It has a full value of astir 700 grams (500 gr …

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