Cycling doesn’t just benefit your health, it’s also good for your wallet. When you bike to work all of the expenses that come with a car become irrelevant. You don’t have to pay for gas, maintenance, or even parking when you ride a bike. Riding a bike to work is an easy way to avoid the gym and still exercise everyday. Instead of wasting precious minutes stuck in traffic, you can speed along and arrive at work on time and energized. While there are numerous advantages to biking instead of driving, there are a few inconvenient aspects as well. For example, bikes don’t have headlights, which makes it difficult to see in the dark. Carrying essentials like your phone, keys, and wallet also become more challenging while on a bike. Here’s how magnets can solve these problems and make life easier for cyclists:

1. Magnetic Lights

You can attach a bike light to your bike or your helmet using magnets. All you have to do is glue a strong neodymium magnet to the back of your mobile light source. The magnet should attract to the metal frame of your bike so you can place it wherever you need it. You can use a battery-powered bike light or try this tutorial for a magnetic induction bike light.

2. Magnetic Belt

When it comes to keeping track of the essentials, you can either make or buy a magnetic belt to hold everything in place. While biking, you don’t want to weigh your pockets down with your phone, wallet, keys, and water bottle. With a magnetic belt, you can evenly distribute your items around your waist so they don’t get in the way of cycling.

3. Magnetic Pedals

Some bikers prefer using pedals that hold their shoes in place while others feel trapped by these spring-loaded mechanisms triggered by a cleat on their shoes. Instead of using a mechanism to hold your shoes in place so they don’t slip on the pedals, you can use strong magnets cyclist Dave Williams. Williams created the MagLOCK pedals, which will keep your feet in place while biking but also make it easy to remove your feet from the pedals so you don’t get stuck. How are you using magnets to make your life easier? Let us know! Image by ProfDEH