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Palm on a Bicycle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the burning-rubber dept.

jcwise writes: "Want to use your Palm or Handspring as a bike computer? Here are two different products that use completely different approaches. I'm not sure if either are better than a $30 bike computer. With PDA prices falling, it might be a fun hack."

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  1. nice. by Goofy+Gavin · · Score: 5, Funny

    all that's missing is a little meter that keeps track of how much time you're wasting by building this system.

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  2. Bicycle PDA by invisi · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, you're riding along, and you're like, shoot, where am I going agian? So you whip out that handy stylus for that PDA, and you start writing. Pretty soon, you realize that you've let go of your handle bars, and run into one of those light posts that keep intruding where you bike.

    1. Re:Bicycle PDA by Ooblek · · Score: 3, Funny
      What would you need a one button control for? All you need is to have about 7 whirly LEDs on the front and a speaker for a voice. Then you have the K.I.T.T bike and it tells you to watch out for the lightposts.

      The added advantage is, of course, the turbo boost for jumping over those big annoying trucks. (But you would probably have to make sure you have one of those slotted seats for the landing...ouch!) The ejector seat function would be pretty fun too. Of course, they would probably pass a law against the ejector seat.....I know I would go into a busy public area and leave the bike unlocked so someone would steal it. I'm sure it would be hours of fun watching bike thieves getting their asses blasted off the bike during their getaway.

      I guess the only downside is that the bike might come with a signed pic of David Hasselhoff. I don't know if I'd want to contaminate my paper shredder with that.

  3. Best... Bicycle... Mod... EVER! by tswinzig · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tape the PDA to your spokes for that cool noise effect.

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  4. A better hack... by cornice · · Score: 3, Funny

    A better hack would be to make my $30 bike computer store my address book and calendar...