L-Bow light highlights the close pass

The L-Bow bicycle rear light sticks out sideways to encourage drivers to overtake safely. Well, that's the theory.

Law-abiding drivers are required to leave at least 1.5m when overtaking, but most cyclists will know this is rarely the case.

The 'L-bow' rear bike light was born out of witnessing a very dangerous cycling near miss due to a car getting dangerously close to a rider, more commonly know now as a 'close pass'. Founder and CEO Sean Whiffin thought that there has to be a simple solution to give cyclists more space and make them far more visible to motorists from behind. So pen was put to paper and the L-bow rear safety light was designed.

The idea that drivers overtake cyclists too close because they haven't seen them is far fetched (read our article about close passes here ), however we've bought an L-Bow light to give away. If you'd like to be in the with a chance of bagging the prize - and perhaps letting us know how you get on with it - please leave a comment below and we'll pick a winner next week.

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