Took my ebike out for groceries yesterday and nearly backed into someone while wheeling it out of a tight spot at the supermarket. I usually drive everywhere, so I bought a helokeep cd20 about a month ago to save money and make errands easier... and in less than four weeks, backing this thing up has already wrecked three different accessories on the back.
I still can't judge how far the longtail rack sticks out past the rear wheel and it keeps biting me. Scraped a brick wall backing out of a narrow spot outside the store the other day, and then nearly caught someone's leg doing the exact same thing on a tight country-lane shortcut to work...
now i have this half-serious idea of sticking some kind of tiny parking sensor on the back of the rack. literally just something that beeps when I'm getting close to a wall or a person while backing up, nothing fancy.
Has anyone actually tried a mod like this? Is there a small standalone sensor with its own rechargeable battery that i can just clamp onto the rack tube? I'd way rather clamp something on than drill holes or mess with the bike's wiring. Total newbie idea so please don't roast me too hard lol.
(And yeah, I know getting better at judging where the tail ends would also help.)