for all you gadget freaks . . .

[BumbleBeeDave]

Photo on the AP wire today.

<< A Bike-o-Meter is shown at the Siemens Mobile booth at the CeBit 2004 in Hanover, northern Germany, Friday, March 19, 2004. The Siemens M65 mobile phone in combination with a bicycle fitting is also a speedometer and a route map. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach) >>

I'm sure all of us can think of at least one rider we know who would snap up one 'o these in a flash!

BBDave ;)

[saab2000]

...but I have wondered if there will ever be a cycling computer based on GPS or if this is simply not workable. If it is, it would eliminate the need for a magnet and sensor and would only have the handlebar attachment.

BTW, I am currently riding sans/senza/ohne (my 3 Swiss languages) computer and loving it!! :D

[jpw]

Am i getting a cyclo techno han(n)over, er, hangover? Yes i am.

Tell you what, next time i go riding i'll get Fritz my driver to drive the Maybach at a steady 20 mph in front of me and lead the way with his on-board sat. nav. gps. Who needs a Seimens?!

[Kevan]

That's where I put my garage door opener!

[PaulE]

that uses GPS for speed, altitude gain/loss and distance, as well as incorporating a heart rate monitor. It was written up in yesterday's Wall Street Journal and compared to a Garmin device that doesn't have a heart rate monitor. Neither has any map capabilities though.

[jpw]

Was that 'map' capabilities, or were you trying to say 'mad' capabilities?

The whole thing is bonkers to me.

[bulliedawg]

Call me intolerant, but I ain't riding with anyone who uses one of those things.

[Kevan]

I thought the phones you folk still used down thar had cranks and party lines! ;)

[TimD]

Mmmm, no thanks.

I learned my lesson early on; while tuning the radio I drove my almost-new 1978 VW Scirocco into a car in a place it had no business being. Major bummer, that was my dream car du jour. :mad:

[Kevin]

Is the phone hands-free compatible? This world is going nuts.

Kevin