What would be your Ideal bike communication wish list?

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For me I'd like to get rid of those cables and extra parts you need to buy that can nearly double the price of a unit at the moment

So bluetooth would be my choice but one with a battery pack you could swap over so that you could buy an extra battery and have it charging on the bike so you'd always be sure of not running dead on longer trips.

A good sound too... i'm not looking for top top hi-fi quality but i still don't want it sounding like your playing music in a tin can... we are on bikes and there is plenty of background noise anyway from them.

A 3.5mm jack on the helmet device so you can have the ability to plug in moulded in ear monitors to the bluetooth device with no hassle.

i'd like the bike to bike bluetooth too so if someone else turned up you have the ability to talk to another bike without the hassle an expense of radios and fitting kits( i know the range is limited on bluetooth to about 150 yards at the moment but maybe they will develop some sort of signal boster that can be fitted away from the person but still on the bike)

Also voice recognition to alter head set functions like volume or make the phone dial out or turn on/off muting or turn on and off bike to bike comms

I'm sure the next generation of "Zumos" will have voice recognition built in so an interface to them would be good too

i think that's what i would like

What would you like to see on your wish list?

Also what bugs you at the moment about your present setup?

 

[Decster]

telepathy

 

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Did you get that?

 

[Padge]

www.bluebike.com looked interesting as an add on to an existing helmet, but pricey as an add on (and I havn't heard anything about them, so I don't know who's buying the stuff).
I really think for a proper system they need to look at properly integrating it into a helmet.. And not as an afterthought or mod to an existing helmet design.. A proper fully integrated helmet.
Maybe with a removable bluetooth/wireless module so you can upgrade the electronics or helmet seperately (so basically a helmet prewired with speakers and mike for a module).

Don't like in ear headphones as they're awkward to get in and can be uncomfortable (although I use Seinheiser CX300 as tehy block the noise and sound is great)

They need to build in some headphones offering high attenuation of background noise.. Helmet would probably look weird, but who cares
Something Like these:

It'd be nice if whoever makes a decent bluetooth or wireless unit talks to Garmin so they could do a simple firmware change to add a menu for the unit rather than a generic bluetooth menu.

 

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pricey is right.... but i really like the idea

Needs to be a lot cheaper

Maybe someone else will make a similar product at a realistic price

 

[Kritou]

In spite of the cabling I'm content with my Autocom, especially the backup available here and from the factory

If only they (or perhaps a third party) would produce a Class 1 BT dongle that would simply plug into Aux 1 and provide B2B comms I would be made up

 

[Slowdown]

A pre-cognition translation device that turns woman speak into bloke speak, so I'd be able to give her the answer she wants to hear before she asks the question.

I'd pay a lot of money for one of those.....



Failing that, a Bluetooth stereo headset that's fully integrated into the helmet with a decent noise cancelling mic and a battery that lasts for ages.

 

[Stu_C]

Bluetooth would be the answer for me. Implementation would not be a big issue. What bothers me is that they are all quite pricy! Anything over £200 is out of my price range! Companies have got to realise that we are not all old accomplished business gurus with cash to spare. If I spend that much money on a comms kit, I go without something else... (usualy food or heating...)