http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/ Engadget Comments for Pedal Brain iPhone kit smartens up your bicycle http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
They've got a lot of work to do if they're ever going to compete with the Garmin Edge 705 that I use as my cycling computer.]]>Dec 28th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
If you want a speedo buy one that mounts on your handlebars for 10 bucks.


FYI messengers this will not work in NYC anymore, haha AT+T.]]>Dec 28th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Fail

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Only charge you $4 a month if you want to sell a custom training guide on the iTunes store.]]>Dec 28th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/What they should do is make a small bluetooth device that mounts to your handlebar and is waterproof and crashproof that gets it's info to display from the iPhone that is sitting nice and safe inside your backpack. ]]>Dec 28th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
Serious roadies care more about weight than the info that this app provides. You are talking about people who replace tiny parts of their bike at a cost of hundreds of dollars to save a matter of ounces. Yeah the case is a carbon fiber, but it's a sail and the iPod itself while not heavy it just wasted weight.]]>Dec 28th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
personally, I'd much rather have the expensive equipment on my handlebars be separate from the expensive equipment in my pocket.

(screech, crash - thwipthwipthwip - clang, thud, )

]]>Dec 28th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
I was developing a "bike computer" app for the iPhone until these issues popped up. There is also the issue of battery life when the screen is on all the time. Until all of these issues are resolved, I'll stick with my Garmin Edge 305.]]>Dec 28th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/check out www.ibikeconsole.com, I've just ordered one myself. The site shows the old version, but the new version (due Jan 2010) also has access to power port and a hole for the camera. Combine this with an external battery (I'm using a cheap 4xAA USB output pack, search for RX4-C) and any of the various apps available and you have unlimited hours of portable cycle computing.]]>Dec 29th 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
I ride outdoors and it sometimes rains while I am out. A waterproof case that allows touch access and a handlebar mount is ideal for me.]]>Dec 29th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
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I would need a gps attachment, but I would like the same thing Nike has for running when I use my mountain bike/road bike.

It works in the rain and with headphones. It isn't like I am racing when I use the rail-trail, so aerodynamics isn't #1.]]>Dec 28th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
I use the Garmin Edge 705 and love it. I have the Garmin Forerunner 305 too that I had used on the road bikes but now limit it to my mountain bikes. I really don't see this thing going anywhere.

If there are people out there that want to work at merging current technology with cycling why not build something that would let an XBOX 360 work with a cycling trainer? It sure would be nice to have a solution that worked in a similar fashion to the CompuTrainer but with updated technology and at a far lower price.]]>Dec 28th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
At least not the kind that requires measurable effort.

]]>Dec 28th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 28th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/If this iPhone Kit can actually have someone nearby show in REAL TIME my speed, location and cadence and other riders too then YES, this will be awesome.
Can it do that? I doubt it.]]>Dec 29th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Yes, it will do that. I can sit at my iMac and watch 30-40 rider outputs at a time. I can also send individual messages if necessary. Riders can also monitor each other if the other riders want to be monitored. It is that flexible.]]>Dec 29th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 29th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/Dec 29th 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
Also, MTBers will definitely pass this one up, and serious road riders, not only concerned about weight (as one other commenter said) are generally travelling in packs, going very fast and need to keep their eyes on the road. Also, serious riders with cash to burn already have computer linkable cyclocomputers that integrate with heart rate, cadence and hub-based speed sensors.]]>Dec 29th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/pedal-brain-iphone-kit-smartens-up-your-bicycle/
The only problem would be battery life and using something like a mophie juice pack would take care of that.

I will be taking a good look at this when it is released.]]>Jan 28th 2010 2:13PM