Boston Globe on iBike Dash CC
Cycling Computer by Mark Baard - "A dashboard on your handlebars makes
for intelligent exercise"!
By Mark Baard,
Boston Globe
A dashboard on your handlebars makes for intelligent
exercise
By Mark Baard
February 28, 2011
Workouts
Whether I’m running or walking or biking in the Blue Hills, I prefer to
leave any instrumentation behind. I even turn off the stroke counter on
my Water Rower when I am working out at home. I just hate looking down
at any device that tells me, after what feels like 20 minutes of work,
that I have been at it only for five.
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that for every one of us who runs in intervals to rest weak knees or
wheezing lungs, there are 10 more training for a triathlon.
For those jocks who want to fine-tune their workouts, Velocomp LLP last
week unveiled a “dashboard’’ for bicycle handlebars. It works with the
iPhone and the iPod Touch.
Part device and part app, the iBike Dash Cycling Computer (www.ibikedash.com)
displays your speed and heart rate (when you purchase a separate heart
rate monitor).
With your iPhone or iPod Touch inside the iBike Dash CC, and the device
on your handlebars, you can see precisely when you are in your optimal
heart-rate zone, and, thanks to its GPS map, where you are.
The water- and shock-resistant iBike Dash CC measures calories burned,
time elapsed in your workout, wind speed, and elevation.
Your can store your workout data in a calendar to view your progress
from week to week. It works with all wireless speed, cadence, and
heart-rate sensors that comply with the ANT+ standard, according to
Velocomp, and comes with an ANT+ speed sensor.
The Velocomp device can also house an extra battery to keep up with you
on the street or trail.
And yes, you can place and receive calls on your iPhone while running
the app, and it will continue to record data.
Expect to pay between $200 and $330 for the iBike Dash CC, depending on
extras, such as a wall charger.
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