Biking – As Seen Through PeriVision https://www.perivision.net/wordpress An Mobile centric blog ... Full of Tech goodness Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:39:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 4666035 The best app for exercise machines and bicycle trainers and big wheels! https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/11/the-best-app-for-exercise-machines-and-bicycle-trainers-and-big-wheels/ https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/11/the-best-app-for-exercise-machines-and-bicycle-trainers-and-big-wheels/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:50:46 +0000 http://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=6238 Read More]]> I’m sure you have seen them; exercise machines with TV monitors placed on them so you can watch TV while exercising. And that is fine enough, but I do not like gyms that much and watching TV disconnects me from my workout. What I really want is to play a game while doing my workout.. And now we have it.
Bitgym is this little startup that is taking a simple idea and putting it in place. The app uses the camera on the ipad2, and iphone4s, to track your head position. It uses the accelerometers to track vibration patters to determine your speed. With these two inputs, it lets you play a racing game or do a city tour if you do not have an ipad1 or older iphone.  The app should be out by early Dec.
When I first saw this, they were targeting this for exercise machines, but I thought, there is no reason why this should not work for bikes on a exercise stand. So I brought my stand to the shooting for another article I was working on for VentureBeat and we decided to try this out. And it works! Yes, there needs to be a bit of tuning, but it mostly works right out of the box.
** I will post pics and video in a bit **
The demo app is free, so all you need is a simple bike stand (get a used one for a few bucks) and an ipad or iphone mount and thats it! So heck, anything should work right? Why not put it on a big wheel? Should work, right?

Here is a clip from the Video we are going to release on the Venturebeat site when the app goes live, so consider this a sneak preview. 😉

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_mxSHG5ESk

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]]> https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/11/the-best-app-for-exercise-machines-and-bicycle-trainers-and-big-wheels/feed/ 0 6238 There is no law in Mississippi to protect cyclists https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/06/there-is-no-law-in-mississippi-to-protect-cyclists/ https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/06/there-is-no-law-in-mississippi-to-protect-cyclists/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:33:06 +0000 http://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=5552 Read More]]> I’m astonded at this, and as a biker, I feel I have to try and pass the word and hopefully SOMEONE can pass this on to get more attention.  I read this on reddit where you can get more information.

Last month,  Jan Morgan was hit while riding her bicycle training for an Ironman. It was a straight road (no turns or hills) and the sun could not have been in the driver’s eyes. The car hit them from behind at full speed. At first glance you might think this was an accident. BUT Robbie Norton, the woman who hit Jan, got out of the car, looked at Jan, yelled at her for cycling in the road, got back in her car and ran Jan over again. There were multiple witnesses who stopped Robbie Norton by dragging her out of the car.

The problem is, we’ve just learned they do not intend on pressing charges. Reason? The District Attorney, Forrest Allgood, says there are no laws in Mississippi to protect cyclists from this.

Her husband David Morgan and son Sean Dyess would like national attention in an effort to call for cycling safety advocacy.

http://starkvilledailynews.com/node/6137

http://www.nems360.com/view/full_story/13465238/article-Struck-Starkville-cyclist-clings-to-life?

http://www.nems360.com/view/full_story/13538342/article-Motorist-hit-cyclist-twice–report-says?

 

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