Bicycle handlebar video system

A bicycle with a front viewing video system, comprising:

• a front steering assembly;
• a video camera directly attached to the front steering assembly, a forward line of sight of the video camera being positioned toward an area in front of the bicycle handlebar, a lens of the video camera being positioned below the upper portion of the front steering assembly;
• a flexible shaft extending from the front steering assembly, the flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the flexible shaft being coupled to the front steering assembly;
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• a video display coupled to the distal end of the flexible shaft, the video display being oriented in an upward direction and positioned below an upper portion of the front steering assembly so that a rider is tucking into a lowered head position, the video display being in communication with the video camera for receiving a signal representative of a real-time image generated by the video camera so that the rider in a lowered head position is maintaining view of the area in front of the bicycle handlebar with the video display.

A method of displaying a real-time image generated by a video camera coupled to a bicycle and a video display coupled to a front steering assembly, the method comprising the steps of:

• mounting the video camera so that a lens and a video display of the video camera is disposed below an upper portion of the front steering assembly so that a rider is tucking into a lowered head position;
• positioning a forward line of sight of the video camera in an area in front of the front steering assembly;
• optically sensing a scene in front of the front steering assembly using the video camera coupled to the bicycle;
• transmitting a video signal from the video camera to the video display;
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• displaying the real-time image on the video display in response to receiving the video signal from the video camera so that the rider in a lowered head position is maintaining view of the area in front of the bicycle handlebar with the video display.

A front viewing video system mountable to a bicycle, comprising:

• a video display mountable to a front steering assembly of the bicycle in an upward direction, the video display being positioned below an upper portion of the front steering assembly so that the rider is tucking into a lowered head position;
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• a video camera mountable to the front steering assembly of the bicycle with a forward line of sight of the video camera being directed toward an area in front of the front steering assembly, a lens of the video camera being positioned below the upper portion of the front steering assembly so that the rider is tucking into the lowered head position;
• wherein the video display is communicable with the video camera for receiving a signal representative of a real-time image generated by the video camera so that the rider in a lowered head position is maintaining view of the area in front of the bicycle handlebar with the video display.