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Re:Shimano wants to make your bike as smart as your car by jeffdavis on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:00PM (#15511898)
Bicycles are one of the few remaining non-trivial, non-electric machines that ordinary people use.

I'd prefer to leave them alone.

Seriously, I have a hard time thinking of many machines that fit that description.

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Re:Shimano wants to make your bike as smart as your car by trizzle21 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:03PM (#15511915)
Most bicycle people including myself feel that way. However, what I like about this attempt to make bikes safer (ie turn signals and the like) is that it might make people who don't feel safe on a bike actually ride their bike. Bikes for everyone!
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Re:Shimano wants to make your bike as smart as your car by cag_ii on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:33PM (#15512710)
We can totally have both "old" bikes and new ones.
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Re:Shimano wants to make your bike as smart as your car by flukus on Thursday October 19, 2017 @09:42PM (#15512983)
Until governments start deciding that these are mandatory safety features.
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