CurtisRider Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Hello I am conducting this questionaire to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Wear cycling specific clothing Wear reflective accessories Wear gloves Use cycle lights Have reflectors fitted to your bike Have mudguards fitted to your bike Have cycle lights fitted Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? Thank you for completing my questionaire, your help is very much appreciated. Edited February 22, 2011 by Paul Oliver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam n Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hello I am conducting this survey to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age:15 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet.yes Wear cycling specific clothing.no Wear reflective accessorie.no Wear gloves.yes Use cycle lights.yes Have reflectors fitted to your bike.no Have mudguards fitted to your bike.yes Have cycle lights fitted.yes Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling. yes When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? lights How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Any other comments? Thank you for completing my survey, your help is very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Age: 21 Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Wear cycling specific clothing Wear reflective accessories Wear gloves Use cycle lights Have reflectors fitted to your bike Have mudguards fitted to your bike Have cycle lights fitted Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Don't skim the hedge the whole time, ride as if I'm part of the traffic, no trying to squeeze in on the left, plus my helmets bright yellow. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? This is a bit hypathetical, as I only use my bike for fun at the moment, the commutes way to long to use it as transport, but if I did use it regularly I'd wear a fluorescent jacket. How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 (Kinda depends what it is though, I'm not paying £20 for a reflector, but something like a fluorescent camel back I'd pay good money for. If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? I don't have kids, but if I did I definitely would. Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb (You can always get rechargeable normal batterys, and that way if you get caught short you can just buy some more to get you home.) Any other comments? I've left a few up there, other than that, nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Hello I am conducting this survey to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: 17 Male? Female? MALE When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet, no sometimes on my trials bike Wear cycling specific clothing, no Wear reflective accessories, no Wear gloves, no Use cycle lights, no Have reflectors fitted to your bike, no Have mudguards fitted to your bike, no Have cycle lights fitted, no Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling,no When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? yep No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? nope What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? nothing How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 <<<<<<<< >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? dont have children but if i did i would. No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? <<<<<<<<< If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains <<<<<<<<<<<< Charge via computer usb Any other comments? Thank you for completing my survey, your help is very much appreciated. hoped that help, wasn't sure if you wanted detail though. Edited February 22, 2011 by trials owns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I'll do this for as if i was riding my road bike... Age:17 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Yes Wear cycling specific clothing No Wear reflective accessories No Wear gloves No Use cycle lights No Have reflectors fitted to your bike No Have mudguards fitted to your bike Nope Have cycle lights fitted Nope Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling If I am going to college, otherwise mostly no When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Not a lot if anything at all. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? I don't particulaly ride at night but when i do it would be to make sure i do so in a well lit area. How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £5-£10 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes I would if i did Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Shortage Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Age: 17 Male. When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet - No Wear cycling specific clothing - No Wear reflective accessories - I hang a reflective jacket out the back of my pants if it's dark. Wear gloves - Sometimes, depends on grips Use cycle lights - No Have reflectors fitted to your bike - No Have mudguards fitted to your bike - No Have cycle lights fitted - No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling - No When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes, I'm awesome When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes, see above What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? My bike's bright red. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? Reflective jacket hanging out my pants. How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 - Depends on the product, what it did, my thoughts on it, how complex it would be, although I wouldn't like to spend much on something that already has things that do the same job. If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? If it worked, and I had children, I might do. Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries - If it's on the bike, a dynamo could be pretty useful, I think there are already bicycle lights powered by dynamo, so it's possible. Any other comments? - Thank you for completing my survey, your help is very much appreciated. You're very welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Excellent, thanks you guys, keep them coming! Extra comments are welcomed, it all helps with the research and is valuable to me as there may be something you want that i haven't catered for in the questionaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Hello I am conducting this questionaire to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: Male? Female? Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Yes Wear cycling specific clothing No Wear reflective accessories No Wear gloves Yes Use cycle lights Yes Have reflectors fitted to your bike No Have mudguards fitted to your bike No Have cycle lights fitted No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling No When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? Lights (on mtb) How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? I prefer batteries as I can replace these when I'm out riding rather than having to charge stuff constantly Thank you for completing my questionnaire, your help is very much appreciated. Edited February 22, 2011 by bikeperson45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Alty Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Age: 18 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet - If im doing trials yes, just cycling no Wear cycling specific clothing - no Wear reflective accessories - no Wear gloves - yes Use cycle lights - no Have reflectors fitted to your bike - no Have mudguards fitted to your bike - no Have cycle lights fitted - no Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling - wear a rucksack if im going to the shops but thats about it When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? No When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes - they laugh because i have no seat What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? - I try to cycle on the pavement and avoid pedestrians. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? - rarely cycle at night How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? >£20 - if it worked and had a good benefit If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Any other comments? Good idea, i would spend money to make myself safer, however i rarely cycle on the road and hardly ever at night, but for £20, if it saves your life, why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbanggg Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Age: 16 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet -yes Wear cycling specific clothing -No Wear reflective accessories- No Wear gloves- Yes Use cycle lights- Yes Have reflectors fitted to your bike- No Have mudguards fitted to your bike- No Have cycle lights fitted- Yes (On 'proper' bike) Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling- bag When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? -Yes, On the whole Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? - Yes Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? - Take off invisibility cloak What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night?- Lights How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? - <5 <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? -yes Yes? No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? <--- If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power<---- Charge via wind up <--- Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hello I am conducting this questionaire to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: 21 Male? When you cycle, do you: none of those, but I do use a helmet for trials When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? Nothing How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £10-£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Charge via wind up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Age:28 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Wear cycling specific clothing Wear reflective accessories Wear gloves Use cycle lights Have reflectors fitted to your bike Have mudguards fitted to your bike Have cycle lights fitted Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? Don't ride at night How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? Either If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Age: 31 Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Yes Wear cycling specific clothing No Wear reflective accessories No Wear gloves Not on the trials bike, I do on the mountainbike Use cycle lights No Have reflectors fitted to your bike No Have mudguards fitted to your bike No Have cycle lights fitted No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling No When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Ride defensively. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? I dont use the road at night time. How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? I dont ride on the road in the dark, if I had to I would fit and use lights. Mostly I ride on cycle/footpaths and always very conscious of/courteous to pedestrians. For the batteries question, it would depend on the frequency of needing to charge, charge time and cost per charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt123 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Age:18 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet-on the road no, everything else yes Wear cycling specific clothing-no Wear reflective accessories-no Wear gloves-no Use cycle lights-to and from work yes as its unlit roads, anything else no Have reflectors fitted to your bike-no Have mudguards fitted to your bike-xc yes, anything else no Have cycle lights fitted-road bike yes as its my commuter Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling-rucksack if i need to carry anything When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? nothhing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? lights How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £10-£20 >£20-only for lights If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries-as it has been said you can get rechargables and if they fail you can always pick some normal ones up from the shop just to get you home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Age:19 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet: Yes Wear cycling specific clothing: No Wear reflective accessories: No Wear gloves: No Use cycle lights: No Have reflectors fitted to your bike: No Have mudguards fitted to your bike: No Have cycle lights fitted: No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling: Yes When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? No What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Use indications and courteous signals What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? I generally keep out of the road at night How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £10-£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries, but a wind-up reserve would be very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Beach Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Age: 14 Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet - Yep Wear cycling specific clothing - When riding XC Wear reflective accessories - Nope Wear gloves - Sometimes, depends on conditions Use cycle lights - Nope, generally dont cycle at night Have reflectors fitted to your bike - No Have mudguards fitted to your bike - If I'm riding in the forest, yep Have cycle lights fitted - No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling - For long distances I will wear a bag When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? If I cycled at night I would use lights and my bags fluro yellow rain cover How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £10-£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes, if I had children Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? Dont mind, either would be good If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via wind up Any other comments? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Age: 26 Male? Female? - Male When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet - Yes Wear cycling specific clothing - No Wear reflective accessories - No Wear gloves - Yes Use cycle lights - No Have reflectors fitted to your bike - No Have mudguards fitted to your bike - No Have cycle lights fitted - No Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling - No When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? - Not really and as a driver i know cyclists can sometimes be hard to spot at night When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? - Yes What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? - Don't wear black / dark colours. What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? - Stick to footpaths How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? - £30~ If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? - N/A but Yes Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power / Charge via wind up - Dynamo? If its a youth product it should have little or no maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Thanks to everybody that has helped with this, it is much appreciated! Far more responses than i had anticipated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Hello I am conducting this questionaire to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: 20 Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Wear cycling specific clothing Wear reflective accessories Wear gloves Use cycle lights Have reflectors fitted to your bike Have mudguards fitted to your bike Have cycle lights fitted Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes? No? When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? Lights How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? N/A but yes Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via solar power Charge via wind up Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Any other comments? Thank you for completing my questionaire, your help is very much appreciated. Edited March 9, 2011 by King C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Age: 20 Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet Wear cycling specific clothing Wear gloves Use cycle lights Have mudguards fitted to your bike Have cycle lights fitted Do you wear a bag/use panniers whilst cycling YES When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? No? What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? offensive gestures as they drive past What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? <£5 £5-£10 £10-£20 >£20 (would be prepared to pay any amount, pending utility and quality of product) If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? no kids Would you prefer the product to be: An accessory that you attach? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Charge via mains Charge via computer usb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Morrison Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hello I am conducting this questionaire to assist my research into designing and making a conspicuity device to be worn by cyclists at night. This is part of a research task for my teaching course. If you could fill in as appropriate that would be great Age: 13 Male? Female? When you cycle, do you: Wear a helmet -only on trials bike Wear cycling specific clothing - no Wear reflective accessories- no except for on the bike itself Wear gloves- sometimes Use cycle lights- yeah Have reflectors fitted to your bike- yup Have mudguards fitted to your bike- nope Have cycle lights fitted- yes Do you wear a bag whilst cycling- only when out for a ride on my trials bike When you cycle, do you feel cars notice you? Yes When you cycle, do you feel pedestrians notice you? Yes What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users during the day? Nothing What do you do to make yourself more visible to other road users at night? light but rarely ever out at night How much would you be willing to spend on a product that would make you more visible on your bike? £10-£20 If you have children, would you buy a product like this for them? Yes? No? Dont have kids but if i did then yes Would you prefer the product to be: Integrated into what you wear? If the device requires batteries, what is your preferred way of powering a device? Replaceable batteries Any other comments? All of the above is on my mountain bike except for the ones that i said trials bike on. Thank you for completing my questionaire, your help is very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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