A running account of the "race without an entry fee"..... The Tuesday night ride

Sunday the 16th. Just plain ol bored

Well, it was only me out there Sunday. There was a dusting of snow on the ground. Some ice underneath it. A dog chased me ( paced me!? ) for half the ride. And that pace was a lot better than the week previous... You guys are slow, and weak, and sissies.... A little snow keeps you away.... oh brother....

On a more hi tech note, check out:

http://www.cerevellum.com/

The Cerevellum's main unit mounts front and center on your handlebars, and then you plug in USB modules that give you GPS capability, heart rate readings, and power output is even possible. It even gives you eyes in the back of your head.

Its digital rearview mirror feeds video onto its screen from a tiny camera mounted on the bike's handlebar plug or on the seat post. This thing is just in the prototype stage thus far.

The pricing ain't cheap. A fully tricked out system will cost you as much as a laptop, with the main unit costing a hefty $300, a speedometer/odometer (cyclometer) module is $60, $200 for GPS and then it's $800 for that power meter. Ouch

Hope fully for all you guys, this sunday will be acceptable weatherwise.... 60's, sunny, dry.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Riding around on snow and ice? Sounds kinda fun...

fprintf said...

Wake me up from winter when the temps get over 40... until then, rollers and watching DVDs. Yes, I know I need to harden up.

See you closer to spring, I'll be the guy bringing up the rear after you all drop me. But at least I am trying!

Anonymous said...

This weekend is supposed to be nice. Sundy will be 50 and sunny. Sounds like knee warmers and lots of attacks on the Sunday ride.

Chris

Anonymous said...

Will we be getting any more snow? Or should we continue getting bike DVD's through Netflex?